Aloysius, Although it is still modest, the reverse brain drain back to India is already happening. As India opens up and offers more opportunities for us expats, I think we will see more and more of us returning back to the "motherland".
The taiwanese goverment did provide a lot of support in getting things started. In that sense, India has not done too bad in the software field and played its cards right - with very little government intervention. However, one does not see similar things happening in the semi-conductor industry in India, and if anything, India would probably be wasting its resources trying to get into this field. In my opinion, the government should stick to providing the basics - good infrastructure, good education etc. Should the government be providing explicit support for a particular industry? Should it be picking winners? Some times, they get it right, but most of the time it is wrong and the white elephants that result become a drain of tax payers money. On the other hand, I do think that investment in such things as good education has a higher probability of returning better economic returns in the long run. Things are tough in the semi-conductor industry at the moment and my company is in the thick of it, but we (and hopefully I :) will survive. Marlon --- Aloysius D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Marlon, > > How are you -- read something not too encouraging > about your company -- > hope it has not affected you > > One additional reason for Taiwan's success in the > electronics field -- > most of the Taiwanese electronic engineers who were > trained in the USA came > back to Taiwan set up units to feed the US mother > companies and then the > world --of chourse the Taiwanese government very > strongly supported and > encouraged these moves -- > > Can we hope for similar development for India and > for Goa in particular > > Cheers > > Aloysius D'Souza ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
