> Lets talk of the Indian 1% when somebody in a Indian university writes some thing the equivalent of a Linux, Perl or FreeBSD.

Easy-peasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_B._Shah

He didn't even go to IIT - regular University of Mumbai undergrad.

Here's another: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehanarkhede/ - co-creator of Kafka, attended University of Pune for undergrad.

I'll grant you they both benefited from attending grad school in the US.