COMPANY/HEADQUARTERS/KEY PERSON       DEVELOPMENT

ARMEDIA/Bangalore                     Developed decompression
Founder: TUSHAR DAVE                  technology for high-
                                      definition-TV. Bought by
                                      Broadcom for $67 million
                                      in 1999.

BPL/Bangalore                         India's biggest cell-phone
Chairman: RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR        outfit now makes chips for
                                      voice mail for Japanese
                                      companies, wireless digital
                                      processing chips, and
                                      switching systems for
                                      air-traffic control.

INFOSYS/Bangalore                     Leading developer of
CEO: N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY            software for foreign
                                      companies, now developing
                                      e-commerce Web sites for
                                      customers such as CBS
                                      Sportsline.

SANKHYA/Hyderabad                     Makes aviation simulation
Founders: N. SRINIVAS AND N. SRIDHAR  and training software for
                                      engineers and crew that
                                      can be sent over the Net.

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES/Bangalore          One of the country's biggest
CEO: VIVEK PAUL                       software-services companies.
                                      Makes microbrowsers for mobile
                                      Internet for Japanese companies,
                                      manages e-commerce sites, and
                                      designs Web security systems.

DATA: BUSINESS WEEK