The rationale of focussing on design

• Competence of Indian IT professionals acknowledge globally.
  • Hardware design focus: a logical extension of India's competence in software.
    • Harnessing the core competence: technically sound human resource.
      • Low/moderate investment in skill set development/training.
• Hardware designing an area of high value addition.
  • Attractive proposition for attracting foreign investment in IT.
    • Different from Southeast Asia: focus on contract manufacturing.
    • Less volatile: dual role coexistence of design and contract manufacturing.

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