Product Development in India: India's Next Global Export?

Where can you find a $6.2 billion IT industry thriving with surging revenues, massive hiring and new contracts signed every day? India - where a skilled, well trained and educated workforce is working at roughly 1/5th the cost of comparable US operations has made "BPO" (Business Process Outsourcing) the mantra of many US and global companies looking to keep the wheels of innovation turning while keeping their costs low. Your company may already be doing it!

How did India become an IT industry Human Resources power house? What makes Cisco and Intel turn to India to outsource their cutting edge R&D projects? Why is your tech support call to Compaq in the US being answered by someone in Bangalore, India? And how have companies managed this paradigm shift in this competitive market?

Come find out from six leading industry experts who have "been there and done that." Raj, Anita, Kannan, Murrali, Partha and Rad discuss the industry landscape, the opportunities, the challenges and the rewards of outsourcing product development and services to India. Learn from their experiences about the pitfalls to avoid and paths to take to be successful.

Featured Panelists:

  • Rad R. Sundar, Co-founder and Chairman Board of Directors, VARStreet, Panel Moderator
  • Raj Jaswa, Managing Director, Jaswa & Company
  • S. Parthasarathy, Founder & Chairman, Aztec Software
  • Murrali Rangarajan, Former President and CEO, Arula Systems
  • Anita Rao, Vice President, Garage Technology Ventures