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India: From Emerging to Surging & IBM in India C. Mohan, PhD IBM Fellow and IBM India Chief Scientist IBM India, Bangalore
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2. India – A Dynamic & Emerging Economy
5000 years civilisation, 1.1 billion people
325 languages - 18 official, 29 states, 5 territories
World’s largest democracy, Numerous religions: Prime Minister has PhD in Economics (Oxford). President is an eminent aerospace scientist with 30 honorary doctorates. Both belong to minorities!
142 million periodical subscriptions
About 75 recognised political parties
4th largest economy
3rd largest standing army
2nd largest pool of scientists & engineers
Largest English speaking country
Literacy Rate: %
By 2015, a working population of 823 million
300+ million middle-class, exceeds population of USA
The myriad festivities of India reflect the spirit and character of India: youthful, vibrant, diverse – celebrating life in its every color!
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3. India’s transformation is underway
The social fabric is changing
Industries undergoing radical transformation
India is driving global mission-critical innovation
Government continues to push the growth agenda
Competition is intense and of a different kind
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4. Challenges & Competition
India: Marketplace Understanding & IBM Presence
All industries growing at over 10% CAGR
Emerging sectors (e.g. Retail & ITES,) growing at over 30%
Changing social fabric
Sustainable economic growth
Industry transformation
India’s people are its source of innovation 2 1
Country Dynamics
Domestic Opportunity
Global Leverage
Challenges & Competition
IBM India Presence
Inadequate infrastructure
Coalition politics
Untested labor laws
Supply-side competition (MNCs & Domestic) 5
From cost arbitrage to high value
Emerging global innovation and R&D hub 3 4
Domestic Ops
Global Missions
Global Delivery
Labs
GSDC GBSC
IBM TCS
Domestic
AMS
BTO
ISL
IRL
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5. IBM India – Extensive operations across the country
IBM India Business Units
Application Management Services/GBS
Business Process Transformation Services
India Software Labs and IBM TCS
Global Service Delivery Center
India Research Labs
Domestic Operations/Others
Delhi .
Kolkata . .
Mumbai
Pune
Hyderabad .
Chennai
Bangalore
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6. Problems/Issues
Pockets of good database research work: IISc, IIT Bombay, IBM IRL, … by mostly returnees from the US
Very poor CS PhD production rate by Indian Univs (2004: 36 in India, 3300 in China!)
Most good undergraduates from IITs go abroad for studies or go for domestic jobs/MBAs
Not enough junior/senior Indian researchers or product technologists from US are returning to India, unlike in the case of China, Taiwan, Korea, …
IITs have a hard time recruiting good faculty with deep research focus
IBM India encouraging employees to go for PhD/MS
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7. Highly Recommended Reading
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8. Highly Recommended Reading
August 22, 2005
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