10-08-2003, 03:21 AM
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No 8. Atal Bihari Vajpayee prime minister, India
Last year's position : Not Placed
Vajpayee's entrance straight in to the top 10 reflects the success of
the whole Indian offshore IT services market in the past year.
Globally, offshoring is forecast to grow 40 per cent this year alone,
with three-quarters of businesses considering it - with most of the
work tipped to go to the Indian sub-continent. India's boom - largely
engineered by Vajpayee - means some analysts are predicting the country could face its own IT skills crisis over the next five years.
Initiatives introduced by Vajpayee include generous tax incentives for
outsourcers investing in call centres and computer technology,
technology parks and plans for a national fibre optics telephony
infrastructure.
But his role over the next few years will be crucial, with India facing
stiff competition from South Africa, Eastern Europe and China as a base
for low-cost, low-risk IT services, with the domestic political and
union issues for those Western companies looking to move large numbers of jobs overseas also on the horizon.
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No 8. Atal Bihari Vajpayee prime minister, India
Last year's position : Not Placed
Vajpayee's entrance straight in to the top 10 reflects the success of
the whole Indian offshore IT services market in the past year.
Globally, offshoring is forecast to grow 40 per cent this year alone,
with three-quarters of businesses considering it - with most of the
work tipped to go to the Indian sub-continent. India's boom - largely
engineered by Vajpayee - means some analysts are predicting the country could face its own IT skills crisis over the next five years.
Initiatives introduced by Vajpayee include generous tax incentives for
outsourcers investing in call centres and computer technology,
technology parks and plans for a national fibre optics telephony
infrastructure.
But his role over the next few years will be crucial, with India facing
stiff competition from South Africa, Eastern Europe and China as a base
for low-cost, low-risk IT services, with the domestic political and
union issues for those Western companies looking to move large numbers of jobs overseas also on the horizon.