Why India?
Why India How is all this happening?
One small village – globalization processes stemming from the opening of international trade channels, the drop in communication costs, and the intensification of technologies
Low costs – man hour costs in the Western world, including Israel, are immeasurably higher than in India, where office rental, secretarial services, parking, and the like, are also ridiculously low.
Development snowball – many giant companies such as IBM and Microsoft are flocking to India, where they have opened local branches and established high-tech centers reminiscent of our own Herzliya Pituach and the US's Silicon Valley. For example, Motorola has set up an R&D center in Bangalor at an investment of $85 million. It should be noted that, in India and China, people are joining the cellular networks at the world's highest rate.
Education – academic institutions and private schools abound in India. Training centers are sprouting like mushrooms after the rain and spreading the word about computerization.
And, nevertheless, only the most talented individuals are accepted to the technology institutes.
Here I would like to present a quote from a Professor Shlomo Maital article published in Globes (title: "India's Secret Weapon"): "Just think for a moment about what Indians have to go through before they are accepted to study at a technological training institute: One million students take the admission exam, and there are only 2,000 vacancies. In other words, only one out of 500 candidates is accepted. At Harvard Business School, the MA students are told: "Look at the person sitting to your right, and then at the one sitting to your left. In two years, one of you three won't be here.
Now imagine what one million Indian young people are told. Put 500 of them in an auditorium and announce: Only one of you, only one out of all the people sitting here, will get into an Indian technological institute. And despite that, or perhaps because of it, they sweat and strain to prepare themselves."
From my own experience, I can say that also in the academic world, I encountered the power of the Indian mathematical brain and saw that there are competent, talented, creative and innovative computer experts among them who can compete with the top Western software engineers.
Language – the level of English in India is very high due to the former British mandate rule and the profusion of languages fluently spoken there (dozens of languages and thousands of dialects).
The Indian software industry is mature – an outgrowth of the country's education system and investments over the years. The country has software companies that operate in accordance with high development standards.
Finally, you can demand work of the highest standard, at low development costs.
- You can sell services worldwide regardless of your geographical location
- You can enjoy qualitative, inexpensive services if your physical surroundings are expensive
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