bangalore big blue is adding fresh flavour to indias already accomplished global leadership in the area of technological innovation if you are bored of writing software then try inventing something the bangaloreheadquartered ibm global services india igsi technology creation arm of the 88 billion computing giant ibm seems to be suggesting to its 3000strong engineering workforce the intention of turning its operations into a nursery for patentcreation is paying rich dividends to the company within a short span ofoneandahalfyears it has filed 75 patentsinventions in the emerging area of networking systems software operating system and pervasive computing like pda cellphones etc the result ibm india is the numberone contributor from the asia pacific region to ibms ip intellectual property portfolio having grown from scratch in just 18 months for steering its iprelated activities ibm has set up a technology incubation centre in bangalore with a core team of 12 evangelists at its helm who basically mentor the engineers to invent besides offering a platform to its engineers to pursue their intellectual capabilities the new move will fetch a substantial amount of revenue for the computing giant through licensing these technologies interestingly ibms total intellectual property portfolio generated more than 15 billion in licensing royalties in 2000 intellectual property is big business at ibm says uday shukla director of ibm global services india in an industry driven by innovation patent leadership demonstrates commitment to developing technologies that benefit our customers and fuel ibms growth he added india has become an important contributor to ibms worldwide ip portfolio in about 80 per cent of the cases the inventions were created solely by indians working in india on their own initiative we are quite admired within ibm for our prolific diverse and high quality contributions this has been made possible because of an enlightened approach by management and our commitment to exemplary ethics our inventors feel safe in the knowledge that they are protected against unethical practices specially when it comes to sharing credit for an invention shukla added the inventors receive very handsome corporate cash awards which are dollar denominated and are uniformly applied throughout the world by ibm this has been very important to our inventors because when they receive a corporate award they know they are among the best in the world shukla pointed out the company has been able to create a nurturing environment for its inventors in india ibm global services operations are spread across bangalore new delhi and pune ibm india which also includes igsi posted a revenue of rs 1661 crore last year