"Scholarly volume, eminentlyl lucid and highly readable"

The Story of India's IT Prowess

By Biman Basu 

Inventional Intelligence, April 2009

Today one can do railway and air bookings without stepping out of home. One can pay bills and taxes and do purchases from around the world online. One can withdraw money from ATM anywhere, any day, any time using debit or credit card; one doesn’t need to go to the bank any

more. All this not only means more convenience for the people but also greater efficiency. The driving force behind this change is the emergence of India as a global player in information technology, made possible by several factors including development of skilled manpower,

and pragmatic government policies. Unfortunately, not many users of IT in India are aware of the chequered history of the growth and development of the country’s computer and IT industry. Dinesh C. Sharma’s scholarly volume adequately fills the void. The Long Revolution traces every twist and turn in the long story of India’s IT revolution.

Fascinating story, says Prof Sadagopan, Director, IIIT Bangalore

Prof S Sadagopan, director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, has written  a chapter-wise ten part review of 'The Long Revolution' in his technology blog -http://ss.emergic.org

....In chapter 7 “Big boys, garage, startups and software codes” is perhaps the most fascinating chapter as it documents the Indian software story and the risk of Silicon Valley of India, namely, Bangalore along with the iconic company Infosys. It is interesting observation to link Kishanagarh in Rajasthan (the place of Narendra Patni of “Patni Computer Systems”) to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Narendra working with Lexis-Nexis to “key in” data in India and publishing in USA through his company Data Conversion Inc (DCI) is the first instance of “off shoring”. InterestinglyDCI was punching five mile of paper tape every day!.......

Read the full review at http://ss.emergic.org/page/2/