A Vernacular India Slows Down In IT Expansion Says WSJ

Devita Saraf, CEO of VuTechnologies and Executive Director of Zenith Computers in Mumbai, in an article published by WSJ, stated that it is the variety of languages existing in the country that makes development of IT to snail.

We have 192 official languages. The significance of local languages, when compared to a unified language is the sole reason for a sluggish Indain IT market Devita wrote.

”You can't blame the multinational software corporations here. The government should build a common operating system with the partnership of India's software giants and create a standard platform. Many states such as Tamil Nadu have made brilliant e-governance programs, but in Tamil. They don't speak Hindi, and it would be tough to export their program even within the states of India.” Devita stated in her WSJ article...

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