India's answer to China's economic boom comes in the shape of Information Technology (IT), with India's total software exports in 2004/05 estimated at $17.5bn.
Today there is a rush for IT in India, and it is not difficult to find posters and pamphlets advertising IT courses.
India produces four million graduates every year, and thousands of IT companies have sprouted up - not just in plush smart offices, but even in cramped, rundown buildings with computer workstations squeezed into a tiny room.
