This eBook examines the growth performance of India’s IT industries, with particular attention paid to the role of policy in this process. The study recognizes that emergence of a strong Indian IT industry happened due to concerted efforts on the part of the Government, particularly since 1980s, and host of other factors like Government-Diaspora relationships, private initiatives, emergence of software technology parks, clustering and public private partnerships. In this study we further look at the major parameters of the Indian IT and ICT industry in global context and give justification for including the main factors responsible for the IT boom in India. The study has looked into the past and present trends of the Indian IT industry and has considered further needs of IT sector to act as a catalyst of growth and development. This study has examined whether the Indian IT growth does have enough lessons for other countries to model their IT policy which may help them to shape their IT industry as driver of growth and development.

Dr. Somesh K. Mathur M.A., M Phil, Ph.D, has nearly eleven years of teaching and research experience at the Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), Delhi. While teaching at the Jamia he completed his M. Phil and PhD degrees in economics from the Centre for International Trade and Development, JNU. He has joined as Fellow at Research and Information System for Developing countries in April, 2006. His area of interest lies in new trade and growth theories, TRIPS and other WTO issues. He has participated in various national and international conferences and has published in referred national and international journals. Dr. Mathur has taught papers like Pure Theory of International Trade, Quantitative Methods, International Finance and Banking, Microeconomics and Corporate Finance to the post graduate students of the University.