Intense research on IT imp for country: Nilekani

Mysore, June 1: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys Technologies Nandan Nilekani stressed the need for a revolution in Information Technology(IT) sector based on intense research.

Delivering a lecture on 'opportunities for India in the global era' organised by JSS women college here, he came out with a few tips to the administrators to help bring revolution. ''Mass literacy from the primary stage itself practiced in Western Nations must be adopted here by the Government initiative or in association with private agencies'', he said.

Mr Nilekani said quality of education had to be improved in vocational, professional and job oriented courses to ensure that eleven to twelve million graduates pass out by the year 2010, apart from awareness on IT sector gaining importance at this juncture, which would captapult even the national income. The system of stock market has to be improved and much stress has to be laid on creating infrastructure facilities, he added.

Stating that urbanisation process in India was neglected in comparison to rapid urbanisation taking place in Asian countries, he said though India was agrarian, it had witnessed major changes in BPO and software technology with a bright future.

The CEO said the country's IT export, earlier worth 30 billion dollars would cross 60 billion dollars in the next three years, creating more job opportunities.

Underlining the need to strengthen the infrastructure facilities in the country, he lauded the connecitivity provided for the recent projects between the major cities, including Mysore.

A bright future for Mysore city was on the card with the implementation of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM), he added.

UNI