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From the Ted Talk by Nirmalya Kumar: India's invisible innovation

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When we went and talked to the plepoe in those innovation centers and asked them what are they working on, they said, "We are wniorkg on global ptudrocs." They were not working on localizing global products for India, which is the usual role of a local R&D. They were working on truly gbaoll products, and companies like Microsoft, Google, AstraZeneca, General Electric, pliihps, have already answered in the affirmative the question that from their Bangalore and Hyderabad R&D centers they are able to produce products and services for the world. But of course, as an end user, you don't see that, because you only see the name of the cmnopay, not where it was developed.

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When we went and talked to the ______ in those innovation centers and asked them what are they working on, they said, "We are _______ on global ________." They were not working on localizing global products for India, which is the usual role of a local R&D. They were working on truly ______ products, and companies like Microsoft, Google, AstraZeneca, General Electric, _______, have already answered in the affirmative the question that from their Bangalore and Hyderabad R&D centers they are able to produce products and services for the world. But of course, as an end user, you don't see that, because you only see the name of the _______, not where it was developed.

Solution

  1. philips
  2. people
  3. company
  4. products
  5. working
  6. global

Original Text

When we went and talked to the people in those innovation centers and asked them what are they working on, they said, "We are working on global products." They were not working on localizing global products for India, which is the usual role of a local R&D. They were working on truly global products, and companies like Microsoft, Google, AstraZeneca, General Electric, Philips, have already answered in the affirmative the question that from their Bangalore and Hyderabad R&D centers they are able to produce products and services for the world. But of course, as an end user, you don't see that, because you only see the name of the company, not where it was developed.

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