Is Indian GIS story still on? I have no doubts!!! As always, I am extremely bullish about the future of GIS in India
Tope story in today's edition of Economic Times reads "Spreading CHEERS - INDIAN ARMS BRIGHTEN UP MNC STORY"
"INDIAN subsidiaries, relatively minor cogs in the wheels of large multinational companies till 2007, have emerged crucial profit generators, as earnings in developed western markets tumble amid the worst economic downturn in a generation.
Barring a few exceptions, the locally-listed units of companies such as ABB, Glaxo, Siemens, Cummins, Oracle, Suzuki, Whirlpool, Nestle and Areva have increased their contribution to the global consolidated earnings as growth remains robust across various sectors of Indian industry.
Significantly, this has happened despite a sharp depreciation of the rupee against major international currencies in the past one year, which tends to depress earnings in dollar terms as the dollar value of the subsidiary’s contribution is lower after currency conversion. Had this not happened, the contribution of these Indian units would have been much higher”
So how’s Indian arm of ESRI, Liaca, Intergraph, Autodesk, Bentley, Pitney Bowes etc doing in
- What’s different between Indian an ROW (Rest of World)?
- What are the “facts” and “figures” behind this growth story?
- Where’s the money being spent? And who’s chasing this money?
- How’s technology driving the changes here in
- How’s the landscape of Indian GIS industry is changing? Believe you me – it’s changing at a very fast pace!!
- Has Navteq and TeleAtlas made any impact as yet Indian GIS market? How still CE (MapmyIndia) and Satnav bullish about pumping money into content development?
Stay tunes to hear from me… this time I will convert my “wish” into a “will” to write and I will!!!
Manoj Misra
