Outline of Presentation

1. Motivation

  • Personal experience having lived in India for majority of life
  • Investigate negative perception of offshoring
  • Sudden focus on offshoring in the media

2. Background

  • Origins of Outsourcing to India
    • Education in India (with focus on technology and business – IITs and IIMs) – most R&D performed by these graduates – large number of other lower quality engineering schools to facilitate easy completion of “grunt” work
    • Brief history of traditional socialist policies - earlier tendency was for graduates to move to the US or Europe due to lack of opportunities in India – continues today but most tend to return (besides second generation)
    • New economic incentives in the early 90s by Manmohan Singh
    • Foreign Investment
    • Economic boom (using automobiles as example)
  • Offshoring to China
    • Foundation of established manufacturing outlets in Shanghai and Guangzhou provinces
    • Balance of communist policies and capitalist private industry
    • Succinct overview of outsourcing from Japan

    3. Shift in activities

    • Moving towards establishment of R&D outlets in India
    • US trained Indian engineers returning to India to aid in this development

    4. Cultural role of outsourced jobs in India

    • Younger age demographic
    • Continue to live with their parents as is customary
    • Popular jobs since hours enable them to supplement work by attending college during the day

    5. Economic effect of outsourcing

    • Affects limited segment of population
    • Majority of Indians continue to suffer from problems of illiteracy and abject poverty
    • Rapid development of cities vs. continued poor conditions in villages

    6. Sustainable trend?

    • Slowing down of economy as population ages

    7. Audience and Revenue

    • Initially adSense supported
    • Expand to appeal to small to medium American or European companies
    • Deliver customized outsourcing options