I have been wondering about new outsourcing destination in India for quite a long time...And every time I read news, I just read about the same towns again and again...Nothing new...
So ppl might ask how come I arrived at this town...What has this town to offer which will attract companies here...
Well I guess this is more about Rajasthan government to take steps to make it attractive for the investors...The town has all the initial ingredients which are required for any IT town to come up...I think one can easily compare this town to satellite town like Gurgaon...
Few of the interesting points about Bhiwadi...60 Kms from Gurgaon....There is already Nh7 running connecting Gurgaon to Bhiwadi which makes the journey just 40 minutes long from Gurgaon...With Delhi - Gurgaon expressway already up and running, journey time from Delhi to Bhiwadi would be just 1 hour. Gurgaon is getting packed with virtually no space left for expansion. Bhiwadi could be the solutions with readymade infrastructure already in place...Bhiwadi is one of the biggest industrial town in Rajasthan with lots of MNCs already operating out of huge campuses....Lots of industries already have huge base in that town...
Lots of huge empty land readily available for big MNCs to expand...Cheap rentals and good infratructure...
Proximity to lot of good educational institutions....Close to Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur and Alwar...This whole belt has more than 20 engineering colleges around...Supply of manpower shouldnt be a problem.
I think if Rajasthan Government can convince few companies to set up base there, it can act like a big thrust which the government was trying to find for a long time...Virtually there is no presence of IT companies in India...
Government should have a look at having a high speed train running from Delhi to Bhiwadi via Gurgaon for long term competitive advantage...GoI has already said that they are going to start an IIT in Rajasthan, that should also help for the long term advantage...Rajasthan also has a good English speaking population with neutral accent...
Overall I think with little push from Rajasthan Government and support from industries, Bhiwadi is a possible next IT outsourcing destination in India...If rajasthan government can get its act together, it shouldnt be a distant dream.
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Friday, 11 May 2007
Why isnt eBay there in the 'Forces behind Globalization'
I bought this book long time back, almost a year back may be...Just could not find enough time to read this book... May be because I kept on relegating this book to lower priority. Every time, the name of the book came on top of the priority list, I bought a new book which seemed more interesting and exciting...Somehow, Tom's book title did not capture me. Yes you read that right...Am I out of my mind, the book became famous in no time because of its very innovative title and I am saying that I did not like the title...Yes, I had read so much about the title, I was kind of bored and started having this feeling that book may not have much to it apart from the title...
Glad to say, I was proved thoroughly and comprehensively wrong. Hats off to you Thomas Friedman...And if given a chance I would like to talk to you about this whole phenomenon. I would love to know how much time did you devote researching for this book...Seems like years...Truly amazing book which not only tells you different facts and forces behind globalization but knowledge packed book which can tell you about so many things in the world in so less words...It was amazing. There are really so many good things about the book, that u just cant finish writing about them...The book has already got rave reviews from all corners around the world and thats the reason I wont devote my energy doing the same...Instead I am going to talk about things which I did not quite agree with.....
The ten forces behind the 'Flat World'....I think each one of them are really important and indeed in some or the the other way influenced in flattening of the earth...But I think if Tom had to limit himself to just 10 forces, then 'eBay - Global Selling' should have been there...The only force which could have made way for eBay was 'WALMART'. I know walmart is a great company and they did play some role in flattening of the earth but to me this role has been over glorified by Thomas Friedman. I am not saying anything against Walmart. The only thing I am saying is there were bigger factors than Walmart which played a major role in making the level playing field.
I personally think 'eBay' is the one company which played a major role in flattening of the earth and I just cant understand why did Thomas Friedman not mention him in his forces behind the level playing the field. Through eBay along with paypal, all the small players could serve the global markets without establishing costly websites of their own. Smaller players could also serve the global markets now and were not restricted to their local community. I know UPS helped them but eBay is the one which started this. eBay created the need for UPS.
I would love to hear from Tom friedman, why he did not choose 'eBay' in his book as one of the forces behind flat earth. Could somebody give me his email id?
Glad to say, I was proved thoroughly and comprehensively wrong. Hats off to you Thomas Friedman...And if given a chance I would like to talk to you about this whole phenomenon. I would love to know how much time did you devote researching for this book...Seems like years...Truly amazing book which not only tells you different facts and forces behind globalization but knowledge packed book which can tell you about so many things in the world in so less words...It was amazing. There are really so many good things about the book, that u just cant finish writing about them...The book has already got rave reviews from all corners around the world and thats the reason I wont devote my energy doing the same...Instead I am going to talk about things which I did not quite agree with.....
The ten forces behind the 'Flat World'....I think each one of them are really important and indeed in some or the the other way influenced in flattening of the earth...But I think if Tom had to limit himself to just 10 forces, then 'eBay - Global Selling' should have been there...The only force which could have made way for eBay was 'WALMART'. I know walmart is a great company and they did play some role in flattening of the earth but to me this role has been over glorified by Thomas Friedman. I am not saying anything against Walmart. The only thing I am saying is there were bigger factors than Walmart which played a major role in making the level playing field.
I personally think 'eBay' is the one company which played a major role in flattening of the earth and I just cant understand why did Thomas Friedman not mention him in his forces behind the level playing the field. Through eBay along with paypal, all the small players could serve the global markets without establishing costly websites of their own. Smaller players could also serve the global markets now and were not restricted to their local community. I know UPS helped them but eBay is the one which started this. eBay created the need for UPS.
I would love to hear from Tom friedman, why he did not choose 'eBay' in his book as one of the forces behind flat earth. Could somebody give me his email id?
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