Subcontinental Drift?

This article in BW talks about how western 20 somethings are taking a chance by working in India for Indian call centers for some time. Apart from providing a more colloquial interface to customers in Europe, US many say, it also becomes a value-add on the resume for the candidates, opportunities of career advancement that are otherwise not available in their native land and a chance to see India.

Would have liked to see what the scenario is in other areas such as IT, BioTech and KPO – the other western looking export oriented industries. Sometime back, many big names in IT were wooing returning expats. But would a westerner like to come here – not as a client – stay for a year and do some serious programming/designing/testing for us?

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