` :::I have removed: :::* Carrom: (no citations; too much like billiards or pool) :::* Interferometer, lateral shear: Invented by M.V.R.K. Murty, who had trained in the US and is now a US citizen; the paper was however published soon after he moved back to India for a dozen or so years.  Besides, it is not clear how important this invention is; it is cited widely to be sure, but so are thousands of patents received by Indian citizens or by Indians in the US.  The blurb seemed to have been written by an admirer. :::* Optical fibre: Narinder Singh Kapany ... (Indian scientist in the US; now an American citizen) :::* Universal Serial Bus: Computer architect Ajay Bhatt was the co-inventor of the Universal Serial Bus (USB). (Invention by Indian in US, now a US citizen) :::* Oil spill, micro organisms as treatment of: Indian (Bengali) inventor and microbiologist Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty created a species of man made micro organism to break down crude oil. In a highly controversial decision taken by the United States Supreme Court, Chakrabarty's discovery was granted a patent ... (same: Indian in US; now US citizen) ::: `