Friday, September 26, 2008
On The Road To Bangalore
Tim Sullivan of the Washington Times recently published an article which discusses the economic growth and advancement in India. One area in particular, Bangalore, has become a major economic center.
In a process the Indian media refers to as "reverse brain drain", large numbers of Indian born citizens who moved to the United States or England for technological work are now moving back to their native land to work similar jobs. In fact, Sullivan found that from September 2001 to March 2005, approximately 30,000 Indian technology professionals returned home to India due to the increasing digital job market.
Bangalore has done an outstanding job in becoming modernized compared to the rest of the world. In fact, Sean Narayanan recently moved his family back to a modern, wealthy area of Bangalore and says it is "70 percent" like living in America. However, despite the positive steps toward creating a much improved economy as well as increasing the job market, parts of Bangalore and the rest of India still face extreme poverty (800 million citizens survive on less than $2 per day, according to Sullivan). India still has many malnourished and unhealthy children, and many residents use public railroads and other areas as bathrooms.
Bangalore has become a booming high tech city throughout the world, but there is still much work to be done. Bangalore has created jobs and brought back thousands of local citizens to work digital and technological jobs but most of its citizens are still facing poverty and poor living conditions.
In a process the Indian media refers to as "reverse brain drain", large numbers of Indian born citizens who moved to the United States or England for technological work are now moving back to their native land to work similar jobs. In fact, Sullivan found that from September 2001 to March 2005, approximately 30,000 Indian technology professionals returned home to India due to the increasing digital job market.
Bangalore has done an outstanding job in becoming modernized compared to the rest of the world. In fact, Sean Narayanan recently moved his family back to a modern, wealthy area of Bangalore and says it is "70 percent" like living in America. However, despite the positive steps toward creating a much improved economy as well as increasing the job market, parts of Bangalore and the rest of India still face extreme poverty (800 million citizens survive on less than $2 per day, according to Sullivan). India still has many malnourished and unhealthy children, and many residents use public railroads and other areas as bathrooms.
Bangalore has become a booming high tech city throughout the world, but there is still much work to be done. Bangalore has created jobs and brought back thousands of local citizens to work digital and technological jobs but most of its citizens are still facing poverty and poor living conditions.
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How did this happen? Why Bangalore? What about the many people still living in poverty in Bangalore? How will they benefit from the rise of bangalore's version of Silicon Valley? Will the wealth and opportunity trickle down?
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