Table 1. Metropolitan-area recipients of defense contracts in the United States, 1989.

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Table 2. Foreign assistance received by the Indian Institutes of Technology from year of establishment until 1979.

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Table 3. Asia’s top-ranked science and technology schools, 2000.

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Table 4. A comparison of total scheduled hours by disciplinary areas in the IIT curriculum (bachelor’s program), 1967 and 1990.

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Table 5. Enrolments in higher educationin engineering and technology in India, 1991–2000 (in thousands).

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Table 6. Estimated stock of engineering personnel in India (in thousands).

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Table 7. Historical enumeration of immigration from India to the United States.

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Table 8. Comparing H-1B beneficiaries from India and China (selected years).

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