India to witness reverse brain drain — NASSCOM Chief

PUNE, JUNE 4: The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) president Dewang Mehta today said there would be a `rev...

PUNE, JUNE 4: The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) president Dewang Mehta today said there would be a `reverse brain drain’ from other countries to India as it was emerging as one of the most hitech countries in the world in the field of information technology.

Pune would emerge as a global information technology destination and have the capacity to overtake other cities, he said. The steering committee comprises eminent industrialists, political leaders including member of Parliament Suresh Kalmadi, Maharasthra industry Minister Patangrao Kadam, Educationists, chairman of ETH lab and pioneer of India’s supercomputer of Param series Dr Vijay Bhatkar and scientists.

The meeting decided to organise a mega exhibition on aglobal level here on information technology and Biotechnology. The tentative date is December 18 to December 20, 2000.

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Mehta called for creating of IT content in Marathi by setting up national internet centre for excellence in Marathi as large population in Maharashtra was more familiar with the lauguage than English. He said educational field is one of the major areas where IT should focus.

“The government schools which do not have computersshould form a symbiotic alliance with private parties which can give them computers free of cost for spreading computer literacy while the private parties on the other hand can make use of the space of the schools for business purpose during the off hours,” Mehta said.

He said bandwidth was a major problem in our country and hence sustained efforts should be made to increase the bandwidth for better internet connectivity.

Speaking on the occasion, Kadam said Pune has even morepotential than Hyhderabad in the field of IT. He assured all possible help to make Pune a very high tech in the field.