Explained: the ‘new world order' and us

With COVID accelerating adoption of digital technologies, India with its massive domestic market is gearing up to become a hardware hub. Here is what it needs to do

- Pratima Harigunani

Is India a software powerhouse or a hardware one? Well, doesn’t the answer depend on which decade you are talking about? If it was some decades back, the perception would have leaned more towards hardware areas. That is until, of course, the big software switch happened.

THE LAST THREE-FOUR YEARS HAVE BROUGHT MORE CHANGE THAN EVER. WHAT ExCITES ME THE MOST IS HOW THE COMMON MAN IS USING TECHNOLOGY TODAY.

— Som Mittal, Former President & Chairman, NASSCOM

WE CANNOT BE WORLD LEADERS BY IMPORTING COMPONENTS AND ExPORTING PRODUCTS. WE NEED TO HAVE A STRONG COMPONENT ECOSYSTEM.

— Sunil Vachani, CMD, Dixon Technologies

IF WE LOOK AT SOME START-UPS IN INDIA, THEIR GROWTH HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE IN TIER 2 AND 3 CITIES. THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE HAS BECOME A LOT MORE SECULAR.

— Sameer Garde, President India & SAARC, Cisco India

So where exactly are we moving to now?