Forbes On Software Contracts To India

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21 October, 2000

India doing well in getting IT contracts: Forbes
By Ela Dutt

NEW YORK: Outsourcing information technology (IT) work to Indian companies has become more serious business today than ever before and North America's "passage to India" for software development is not flagging, says Forbes in its upcoming issue.

From the drudge work that used to be contracted out to Indian companies, the US and Canada are partnering Indian companies like Infosys and Wipro to carry out sophisticated and valuable projects, the magazine notes in two lengthy pieces where it also questions government policy.

"When once outsourcing to India was all about saving money on drudge work such as debugging code and Year 2000 testing, now firms like Infosys are winning hugely complex and valuable projects that once went to US stalwarts such as IBM, EDS and Andersen Consulting," says the issue, asking if programmers in Bangalore are simply better than
anywhere else.

Nortel Networks has 1,300 developers in India. "In no other place in the world can we find so many qualified people," says Granic. He has 324 Infosys developers on contract, expected to rise to 650 by the end of next year.

While half the population of India is illiterate, electricity supply is unreliable, and other services hardly up to speed, very limited Internet subscribers and barely 30 million phone lines, and "a corrupt and incompetent government" that "chronically runs yawning budget
deficits, starving the private sector of capital," the magazine says what India has going for it is abundant skilled human capital and a penchant for all things mathematical. "After all, Indians invented the
concepts of zero and negative numbers 1,300 years ago. Information technology attracts the best brains in the country."

Quoting Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy that the quality of work coming out of the country will ensure "India will become the country of choice.... It's already starting to happen," Forbes notes that Infosys
attracts the best minds in India and has made some 200 employees into dollar millionaires, runs an oasis of efficiency on the outskirts of Bangalore and is rated the highest in terms of ability to produce quality software on time and on budget.

In fact, India's top companies deliver more than 90 percent of projects on time, compared with a US average of 60 to 65 percent. In an accompanying piece, Forbes warns against over-bureaucratization even as it shows appreciation for IT Minister Pramod Mahajan. It credits the minister with getting the IT Bill through Parliament, setting a legal
framework for the sector and laying down laws to curb cyber crimes, as well as pushing for continuing the tax break on software exports.

"That's two cheers for Mahajan," Forbes said. IT giants like Wipro,Satyam Infoway and Infosys now appreciate the creation of the IT ministry. The next important issue is addressing the telecom infrastructure and the high cost of Internet access, it said. (India Abroad News Service)

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