Saturday, December 3, 2011
Technology in Hyderabad!
Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh, India, and is
one of the largest metropolitan cities in the Country with a population of
approximately 7 million people, making Hyderabad the 4th most
populous city and the 6th most populous urban agglomeration in
India.
I made a visit to Hyderabad because the city is also
becoming a major hub for information
technology and the growth of the IT sector in India. With the opening of the
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, this has attracted many IT companies to
come here and set up subsidiary hubs for their offices and services.
Bluefrog Mobile
Technologies http://www.bluefrogindia.com/
I was very interested in visiting Blue Frog Mobile
Technologies while in Hyderabad. Bluefrog
Mobile was founded in 2007 headquartered in Visakhapatnam. The key uniqueness
of Bluefrog is that its management teams are highly competent engineers. Since
inception, Bluefrog has made significant contributions to the growth of their
customers by providing Value Add Services to their Customers.
Blue Frog particularly specializes
in M-Governance
which is the strategy and implementation involving the utilization of all kinds
of wireless and mobile technology services, applications and devices for
improving benefits for citizens, business and all Government units. It was this specialization along with some of
their other current mobile applications in development, that I was very excited
to discuss and see where synergies exist between initiatives occurring in
Philadelphia, surrounding digital divide and governmental technologies, along
with adaptation of technologies that can be deployed in US markets.
The
conversation went very well. We sat for
a few hours discussing their innovations and mobile applications being utilized
all throughout India for government and rural low income populations. Several
items I found very interesting…..compression methods for mobile devices,
m-governance for citizen and government interexchange, and mobile applications
that can be deployed using USSD, which is a form of SMS with low connectivity,
for low income marketplaces. All of
these various technologies have a place, use, and need in the US.
Overall
Blue Frog is very excited to explore new marketplaces and action steps were
taken to continue conversations ongoing.
Thank
you Blue Frog! My eyes, ears, and mind are wide open.
TATA Consultancy ( Social Services
Division) http://www.tcs.com/homepage/Pages/default.aspx
I have mentioned TATA Consultancy before when
I met with a group of TATA executives in Bangalore. Again, TATA is one of the largest, if not the
largest, most diverse Indian companies, and one of the worlds largest
companies, as well. TATA is just about
in everything. A very impressive company to say the least.
The
group I met with in Hyderabad focuses on Government Industry Solutions and
social services for low-income communities in India. I met with the Head of the Andhra Pradesh
team as well as several of the key developers who work with rural indian
populations and TATA’s corporate responsibility services to implement the e-governance
and social service deployment.
What
I loved about this conversation was the fact that in India, I found out, the
government pays for 80% of healthcare for people below the Country’s poverty
line. This was a surprise and very good
to hear. Apparently the paying of
healthcare has been taking places for years.
TATA’s role in this is developing the software and systems portal to
enact efficient procedures and record keeping around for this government
practice. TATA calls it its Government To Citizen services, or G2C. In India, many of the e-governance systems,
around the Country are developed and built by TATA. Of course, there are many
leading companies and some smaller companies that participate with these private/public
partnerships. However, TATA leads the group.
After
hearing about India’s healthcare system offers an almost full payment of
services to poor communities, I began to think about the US and shake my head
that we are having such a hard time getting over this process. A form of basic Healthcare should be offered
to every American citizen at a rate that is affordable per the person’s
salary. Most Countries have initiated
such systems. As a Country, the USA skipped socialism and we never implemented
these types of widespread programs that was comfortable for the entire
Nation. Unfortunately, we are paying for
it now. Rather than work together, we
are now bickering on a world wide stage and now putting enough attention to the
important matters at hand that will offer us growth and a new platform for
innovation. Hate to have to get on this
soapbox, but again, when you travel you really get to see what other Countries
are /are not doing to better their communities.
Overall,
the meeting with TATA was a good one. I
again, had the chance to connect the dots and see what synergies existed
between our organizations. More than
before, I see that large businesses in India may have the potential to work
with developing “Bottom of the Pyramid” models in the US. Definitely look
forward to seeing what can come out of these conversations.
Tech Mahindra http://www.techmahindra.com/Pages/Default.aspx
I met
with the Tech Mahindra team for the second time in India while I was visiting Hyderabad
as well. I was shown an entire presentation
given for my benefit to view and discuss more service offerings of the company
and where our two organizations could work together to offer more services to
US underserved communities as well as government solutions.
The
Tech Mahindra team presented a very thorough analysis of the landscape of total
service offerings in India and how the company likes to partner with businesses
in the US to assist with all kinds of company initiatives, plans, and projects.
I was
very impressed to hear that Tech Mahindra likes the idea to work with smaller
businesses and provide a myriad array of services that scale to the company
needs and strategies all the while still keeping up the excellent standard of a
big global BPO office. Very interesting
to have the conversation about this, given the fact that I have been traveling
all over India trying to espouse this very same sentiment. Indian companies
should also work with and partner with small US businesses. Work with smaller
US businesses. At the end of the day,
this is what will help both of our Countries strengthen ties and open new
chapters in international relations between India and the US. Lets see what
happens.
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