India can help strengthen Pak IT sector: Murthy
By siliconindia news bureau
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 08:40 IST
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Email Bangalore: Seeing a huge potential in India and Pakistan collaborating on
businesses spanning technology, Infosys Chief Mentor NR Narayana Murthy said
that the Indian firms can help strengthening the Pakistan's IT-BPO industry by
sharing expertise and best practices with their Pakistani counterparts.
Murthy pointed to India's growth story where IT exports have increased 5,000
times in the last 17 years to touch $50 billion. Pakistan's technology services
exports were about $300 million a few years ago. "They can gain a lot from our
expertise in delivering global technology and business services. Pakistan can
offer a talented pool of IT-BPO workers, developing the region as a destination
of choice for global companies," he said. Speaking at an Indo-Pak business
meet, Murthy said Pakistan, like India has a talented pool of workers who speak
English and can be hired at competitive cost.
"There is an ever increasing demand for IT-BPO services particularly as Western
nations produce fewer IT graduates. All that needs to be done is to develop
Pakistan as a destination of choice for international clients," Murthy said.
Asked if Infosys would set up centres in Pakistan, Murthy said, "At an
appropriate time when the environment is conducive we may look at it."
Murthy said, "Indian technical institutes could collaborate an form alliances
with Pakistani schools and colleges for designing the curriculum. This would
help produce a talent pool for meeting the demand of the international IT
market," he added.
The two countries need to look to the European Union, NAFTA (North American
Free Trade Agreement), and even China, which is now seeking closer economic
ties with Japan and Korea to "compensate for its own economic deficiencies," he
said.
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