India facing skilled labor shortage

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AFP , BANGALORE, INDIA
Thursday, Jun 10, 2004,Page 12

High labour attrition, poor infrastructure and lack of data protection laws could derail India's booming outsourcing industry, the CEO of Indian software giant Infosys Technologies said yesterday.

Nandan Nilekani, chief executive officer of Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software exporter, said business process outsourcing (BPO) was based on reputation and urged the industry to deliver quality work.

"Every year, about 70,000 jobs are added and the main challenge is how to attract people," he told delegates at a conference held by National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), India's leading information technology body, in the southern city of Bangalore.

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[htuttle]

1. Perhaps they could outsource some of that excess work to the United States

:eyes:

[delete_bush]

2. And then we could outsource some

of it back to India, and then set up an offshore company to outsource back to the U.S., and then...

Getting too complicated, better call Enron.

[Sinistrous]

3. I think they ran out of skilled labor a while ago.

Have you tried to get anything accomplished through one of the overseas call centers. It's a bloody nightmare.

[JaySherman]

4. Ain't karma a bitch?

How 'bout shipping some of those jobs you stole back over here guys?

[Robert Oak]

5. oh that's such so awful

I'm sure US corporations will sponsor Indians into school then.