T. Harikumar, who quit his job as an engineer with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to start Trivandrum based software firm Travancore Analytics, has developed the snakes and ladders board game for iPhone and iTouch.

Indian system engineers are making their presence felt in Japan’s information technology industry. At the end of 2008, 22,000 Indians were living in Japan, nearly double the number a decade ago.