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What next?

_Paleth — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 01:07:16 -0400

The key to rural India's growth is going to be the company or institution that bets on building up a content package for vocational training in new economy technologies. India's VT infrastructure is not bad (purely in a relative sense) when it comes to welding, fabrication and other industrial training. But the sector teaching software, BPO and other new economy skills is pathetic. Telecommunications will play a vital role, no doubt, but it's the training that will really make the difference. Knowledge VTIs? Rajesh

india's growth should not be

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:06:14 -0400

india's growth should not be restricted to the cities, since most of India lives in her villages, this is a good step to even out the differences.

Spreading into rural India

_Steve L — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:41:59 -0400

June 29, 2005 - 10:00, Business Standard

Spreading into rural India, by Nelson Vinod Moses

BPOs are moving to villages

Kizhanur is like any other village in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur district, surrounded by paddy fields and grazing cows. But look closely at No:1 Sivan Koil street which is awash with a new phenomenon – a business process outsourcing (BPO) version of ITC’s e-choupal.

Chida Soft is a village BPO, doing coding on legal paper for an US client. It is run by entrepreneur Sharmila , 25, who supervises the Kizhanur franchisee of Lason India, part of the $170 million Lason Inc, US, an end-to-end outsourcing company that has a presence in the healthcare and publishing industries. Sharmila has provided the real estate, while Lason has invested in the hardware and training.