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Connecting Wave: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

In: Indian Economic Superpower Fiction or Future?

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  • Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

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Nine out of 10 times when I introduce myself to the person sitting next to me on the plane in the United States, they are surprised to find that I am not a software programmer. They are quite relieved when I mention to them that, indeed, my undergraduate degree happens to be in computer science and engineering. It has become an expectation among many people in the United States that any Indian (or Indian-looking) person would be a trained IT or software specialist. Even for someone like me who grew up in India, it is hard to believe that this change could have happened over the last 25 years…

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  • Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, 2009. "Connecting Wave: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Jayashankar M Swaminathan (ed.), Indian Economic Superpower Fiction or Future?, chapter 4, pages 55-57, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Indian Economy; India; Doing Business in India;
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    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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