'Indian talent is spreading across the globe'

Shri B K Murthy, Senior Director (Scientist-G), Department of Electronics & IT – GoI

“During the last 3 decades, India has made its IT footprint across the globe and contributed immensely in different developing and developed countries. Today if you see across the globe, behind any successful IT application, IT product, there is an Indian behind it. So we can proudly say that I am an Indian. 20-25 years back, when I used to travel outside, the immigration officers were hardly able to spell or pronounce my name. But today they can pronounce it correctly, Krishnamurthy. That is because of the Indian talent that is soon spreading across the globe. But this is also the time we will have to think about ourselves and how this IT can help India grow its economy.”

Shri Murthy was speaking at the 15th VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM held in New Delhi on 25th May. The VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM entered its 15th year by bringing together the who’s who of the ICT industry, IT consultants and senior government officials and PSUs and setting up a platform for a day-long event consisting of power-packed sessions of technical presentations, panel discussions and discourses on issues impacting the technology landscape and, most importantly, business networking. The theme of the 15th INFOTECH FORUM was – “Digitization and Role of IoT for Next-Generation Enterprise”.