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The article discusses about the development of information technology (IT) in India. The industry has nearly quadrupled in the past six years, exceeding sales of $1 billion in 1991-1992. In a year marked by global recession, Indian IT sales grew by nearly 24% over 1990-1991. Western computer and business publications have begun to draw attention to India's potential for developing software and providing on-site software services. International computer companies including Hewlett Packard, DEC and IBM have begun staking out positions in the Indian industry. Since 1991, the new government under Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh has placed even greater emphasis on the growth of private sectors. Domestic IT companies can forge joint ventures with foreign corporations who are not allowed to acquire majority ownership. The domestic hardware and software industries continue to receive protection, often to the detriment of the Indian consumer. The Department of Electronics (DOE) is the primary agency over seeing government IT policy formulation and implementation.

The article discusses the information technology (IT) industry in India, examining the historical development of India's IT industry, as well as India's role in the globalization of IT. Four unrelated incidents in the 1970-1980 era helped shape India's IT industry, the article indicates, including an Indian law mandating a ceiling for equity shares held by multinational companies in their Indian subsidiaries. Other topics include the origins of Tata Consulting Services (TCS), the first software company in India.

This article presents several news items related to the computer industry. A Seminar Mission sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce will visit New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Bombay, India, from April 19 to 27, 1982, and will feature computers and peripherals. India has accelerated its rate of imports of computers, with the U.S. share amounting to 80 percent. Demand is expected to triple by 1986, when total imports are estimated to reach $120 million yearly. The Computers in Education Division (CoED) of the American Society for Engineering Education publishes Application Notes bi-monthly. CoED is issuing a Call for Notes dealing with analog, hybrid, or digital engineering problems. Of particular interest are articles dealing with programmable calculators and microprocessors. "The Changing Role of the Computer Consultant" has been chosen as the theme for the 1982 Annual Conference of the Independent Computer Consultants Association, to be held during May 5-8, 1982, in Arlington, Virginia. The conference will feature presentations on how future changes in computer technology, the legal environment, government regulation, and economic trends could impact the role of the independent consultant and the relationship between consultant and client.

The article presents letters to the editor on the topic of the spread of the computer age in the East. Reacting to the article of Andries van Dam published in the August 2003 issue of the journal, a letter says that the reason computing has lost its allure among U.S. college students is not that they believe the computer revolution is over. Rather, they've watched it move to Asia. In a reply Andries van Dam says that it is doubtful that students have considered or indeed are very aware of the movement of the U.S. information technology (IT) work to Asia. Most professionals aren't even aware of how much software work has shifted to Asia and how countries like China and India, not to mention Singapore, are investing in building up their "machinery."