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EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN IT 2007

EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN IT 2007. Y S Rajan Principal Adviser, CII [y.s.rajan@ciionline.org] [views personal] to be delivered at the National Conference organised by Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziababd 6 April 2007, New Delhi. BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN ELECTRONICS & IT.

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EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN IT 2007

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  1. EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN IT 2007 Y S Rajan Principal Adviser, CII [y.s.rajan@ciionline.org] [views personal] to be delivered at the National Conference organised by Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziababd 6 April 2007, New Delhi

  2. BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN ELECTRONICS & IT • Early meteorological, ionospheric researchers • DAE, ISRO, Defence Establishments including DRDO, AIR,…….. • Heard of TIFRAC ? • BHABHA COMMITTEE - VIKRAM SARABHAI • DOE plus Post-DOE period

  3. FAST FORWARD …….. • Isolated Hi-Tech Pockets in ISRO, DAE, DRDO, NIC…. • Enterprise of TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS …. Many others begin in 1980’s… their struggles… C-DOT, C-DAC, ERNET, INSAT etc • Post - 1991 • IT CRAZE - Transformed Indian mind set towards economy and growth • Telecom liberalisation - boom - mobile in worker’s hand.

  4. TECHNOLOGICAL SCENARIO • Technological break throughs to continue worldwide - in hardware & software • ICT “invasions” to all aspects of life - private, public, trade, governance, security, arts etc - to continue. “Embededed - into - life “. • India to master many of them - our entrepreneurs will do so.

  5. SPECIAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES • INDIAN IT INDUSTRY IS PREDOMINANTLY EXPORT DEPENDANT AND IMPORT INTENSIVE • UNLESS BULK OF INDIA IS DRAWN INTO RELEVANT RPT RELEVANT IT APPLICATIONS THERE COULD BE CRISIS OF MARKET ITES TO FIND MANY ROOTS IN INDIA • HARDWARE MANUFACTURE AND ORIGINAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - NEEDED TO CREATE BUSINESS STRENGTHS

  6. SPECIAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES….(contd.) • Knowledge society cannot be confined to 5% of India or even 10%. One - child - one - computer UTOPIA causes cynicism when 90% don’t get any where near reasonable education • Innovative solutions for all segments of India. • Let us understand Indian Reality.

  7. Y.S.Rajan “Towards a knowledge society in India: Issues for management” Ref.Intl.Journalof Information & Management, Vol2.No.3,2003

  8. I am all for new developments in S&T and further R&D, new products continue and excel and win globally. • But Indian realities require multiple relevant solutions at affordable costs. (Not as cliches but as genuine value adder, income enhancer for all our people - THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WRITTEN IN ALL WALLS AND ALL INDIAN FACES!

  9. THANK YOU

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