Come out with a Nano-like model of IT: Narendra Modi
Modi stressed that the IT industry has to reinvent itself, focus on innovations and on systems rather than being comfortable with services. Cities that are IT hubs
By PTI |
BANGALORE: After bagging Tata's small car project, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today taunted the country's IT industry to come out with a 'Nano' model for the masses asking it to reinvent itself and emerge from the "comfort zone" of providing low-end services.
"With all the abundance of Indian Information Technology (IT) talent available, when is it that we will come out with a 'Nano' of IT, with holistic and accessible solutions for the mankind", the Chief Minister asked spaking from the IT Capital of India.
A majority of the revenue for the Indian IT industry continues to come from low value addition jobs like manpower provisioning and low-end support services, Modi said at the ICT event Bangalore IT.biz.
"The industry should come out of this comfort zone and engage itself in creating value for the company and also adding value to the manpower which is working for it", he said, inaugurating the exhibition of the three-day event, in which Gujarat is the partner State.
Modi stressed that the IT industry has to reinvent itself, focus on innovations and on systems rather than being comfortable with services.
"It must invest in R & D. It must develop sustainable products. While services may offer marginal advantage over costs, the payoffs against the product development are huge", he said, adding, "it was understandable till the industry was trying to stand on its feet, but now having grown healthy, it must show foresight."
"Why cannot we develop MS Windows in India, or a Google or a Yahoo ? If an Indian can develop Hotmail and given that 30 per cent of Windows developers may well be Indians in any case, the task does not look all that difficult. What is required is a leap of faith, a paradigm shift", he said.
"With all the abundance of Indian Information Technology (IT) talent available, when is it that we will come out with a 'Nano' of IT, with holistic and accessible solutions for the mankind", the Chief Minister asked spaking from the IT Capital of India.
A majority of the revenue for the Indian IT industry continues to come from low value addition jobs like manpower provisioning and low-end support services, Modi said at the ICT event Bangalore IT.biz.
"The industry should come out of this comfort zone and engage itself in creating value for the company and also adding value to the manpower which is working for it", he said, inaugurating the exhibition of the three-day event, in which Gujarat is the partner State.
Modi stressed that the IT industry has to reinvent itself, focus on innovations and on systems rather than being comfortable with services.
"It must invest in R & D. It must develop sustainable products. While services may offer marginal advantage over costs, the payoffs against the product development are huge", he said, adding, "it was understandable till the industry was trying to stand on its feet, but now having grown healthy, it must show foresight."
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"Why cannot we develop MS Windows in India, or a Google or a Yahoo ? If an Indian can develop Hotmail and given that 30 per cent of Windows developers may well be Indians in any case, the task does not look all that difficult. What is required is a leap of faith, a paradigm shift", he said.
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