National Institute of Sciences in India (NISI), 41

National Science Foundation, 51

National Semiconductor, 33

Nehru, JawaharlalSee also Indian Institutes of Technology, 40–41, 43, 47–50, 52, 55, 159

criticism of science and technology policies, 55–59

Netscape, 31

Nigam, Pavan, 31

NISI. See National Institute of Sciences in India

Noyce, Robert, 26

O’Riain, Sean, 81, 104

outsourcing, 79–80

Packard, David, 13

participant observation, 116

Philco, 15

Portes, Alejandro, 84, 95–96

Public Policy Institute of California, 85

Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 15, 25

Raytheon, 15

RCA. See Radio Corporation of America

San Jose Chamber of Commerce, 15

Santa Clara Valley, 11–13

Sarkar, N. R., 52

SAS, 83

Saxenian, Annalee, 25–27, 40, 85–86, 90–91

scientific societies in India, 46

Second World War, 11, 14, 19, 40

semistructured interviews, 116–117

Silicon Graphics, 31

Silicon India, 118, 168–172

Sklair, Leslie, 151–152, 168

Smith, Michael Peter, 108

Stanford, Leland, 20

Stanford UniversitySee also Department of Defense funding; Terman, Frederick, 16–22, 51

engineering department, 17–18, 21, 40

Honors Cooperative Program, 19–20

Stanford Center for Professional Development, 19

Stanford Industrial Park, 19–20, 22

Stanford Research Institute, 19

Sun Microsystems, 30, 92

Sycamore Networks, 140

Sylvania, 15, 20–21

Syntax, 15

Syntel, 77

TANA. See Telugu Association of North America

Tata Consultancy Services, 77, 79