Learning to read India

Asia Times
When future corporate leaders of the world make a country their subject of study, it's a measure of its rising economic fortunes. Indians heading to the West to study is old story. American and European students treading across to India is a more recent phenomenon. Until recently, most such students would be mainly drawn to Oriental subjects such as Sanskrit, spirituality, yoga, Ayurveda or Indian dance and music forms. But this is now changing. The Indian software sector, with earnings of $22 billion (exports over $17 billion) last year, is one enterprise in which the country has emerged as a clear leader. Thus topping the list of must-understand for Western managers are the two information technology (IT) giants, Wipro and Infosys, which have been at the vanguard of India's software revolution. Both firms have witnessed a huge jump in the number of international management students seeking to make them part of their project coursework. more...