I raised a similarly question on Quora. Got no reply. Is the topic a taboo? or too absurd? or an understood fact with little to discuss? or is it just me ranting?
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant – these are the poster boys of shining new India’s success story. Our export revenues are $60billion. Thailand exports more fish.
My Question: Can any mid-to-large size Indian company claim to compete with their US counterparts on the basis of ‘value added’ and not ‘cost’?
An effective indicator of efficiency of companies is revenue/employee. Infosys has revenue/employee of around Rs. 24lakh. Accenture? Around 56lakh. (Accenture has a considerable base in India). I wouldn’t bring in Google or Apple here. They have no counterparts in India.
Is India simply the China of software manufacturing?
Indian colleges are spurting out engineers at a breathtaking speed, yet we have no Google, no Apple. Not even an Accenture. All we have is a bunch of profit-making consultancy firms. Why the lack of product-focused companies? So, where do we lack? Government regulations? Seriously, whom are you fooling?
Another small question: I’ve used Banking Softwares developed by TCS and Infosys. They’re plain ugly. Tally isn’t very appealing either. Rediff – India’s top news portal – looks like a run-of-the-mill site. I can’t remember one good Indian software / site which has a good user interface and an aesthetically pleasing design. Do we have no taste?