Performance of the Information Technology Industry in the world economy
The rapid growth of the Indian Information Technology Industry over the last decade was not simply a product of ‘begin neglect’ following the dismantling of centralized planning in India. Rather, it is rooted in government intervention during earlier years that favored domestic  industries over foreign companies.1 Indian Information Technology (IT) industry has tremendous potential to become an engine of growth and  productivity improvement for all sectors of the economy and for the country. Information Technology (IT) is also a means of efficient governance. It enhances access to information, protects consumers, provides access to government services, makes skill formation and training more effective, improves delivery health services, and promotes transparency. This paper is an attempt to provide an overview of Indian IT today. To assume a familiarity with the various Category/Segments of IT  Industry and its contribution to the Nation’s GDP. However, it also provides an insight into general structure and performance of the IT Industry in India. The remainder of the paper outlines the Growth of Indian IT Industry and Expected Industry Size, and Scenario of Global Growth Rates and Expected Industry Size.
India′s Software Industry: State Policy, Liberalisation and Industrial Development
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Richard Heeks provides the first critical analysis of the development of India's software industry and the impact on it of the recent policy of liberalisation in the areas of trade, state intervention and foreign investment. The study is located at the intersection of three major trends witnessed in the ninetiesthe increasing importance of computer software in all aspects of business; the mounting global search for outsourcing services and manufacture on the part of multinational companies; and the growing dominance of neo-liberal policy models inspired by the World Bank and the IMF. The author starts with a detailed history of the government's role in India's industrial development. Dr Heeks then examines important issues concerning the software industry such as the division of labour within exports, the relation between export and domestic markets, the role of multinationals, and the impact of imports. Finally, he also studies the development of India's computer industry because of the intimate connection between software and hardware. Basing his arguments on a wealth of facts and figures and probing many misconceptions, Dr Heeks concludes that liberalisation has brought in only limited benefits, and argues that a successful software industry requires essential state interventions of a promotional nature. To this end, he makes recommendations for the future growth of this industry both in India and in other developing countries. Besides being of considerable interest to academics and professionals in the areas of business finance, management, information systems, economics, industrial development and computers, this book will be essential reading for all computer manufacturers, software companies, bureaucrats and those engaged in framing economic and industrial policies.
Old topics, old approaches? ‘Reception’ in television studies and music studies
The question of reception is closely linked to the history and the roots of audience studies. But what is ‘reception’ and what exactly does it mean? As audience studies have developed from a contested novelty to a now established academic field, what do we do with a concept that defined our interests in the past and may now be too wide or even obsolete? This article deals with this issue by mapping how the concept of reception was conceptualized and researched in audience studies of the past ten years, with a focus on studies of music and studies of television. We find that in music, strong focus remains on music reception in the context of performances and events, and this lies in contrast to a small number of studies which instead focus on a framework of music in ordinary life and the audiences’ contextual localities. Concerning reception of television, much of the scholarship starts from the cultural studies tradition and looks at television viewing as a means to construct identities. Discussing these findings, we inquire whether the hybridization of media also implies a hybridization of research traditions and methodologies, and what consequences it has for the balance between textual, production and audience approaches.