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India’s IT Industry: The End of the Beginning
- Social Research: An International Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2011
- pp. 1-20
- 10.1353/sor.2011.0004
- Article
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India's IT industry sudden rise from a minuscule level in the 1990's to the present dominance in the emerging world knowledge economy with annual exports exceeding US $45bn surprised many. This article examines the series of historical events and government policy action that led to its emergence, the social implications of this growth and the challenges that India's education system faces in providing the manpower the IT industry needs to address the immense opportunities that lie ahead.