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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (2030)	7/29/1998 9:26:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan: Your ref: andhrapradesh.com Very informative. Is this the guy (Mr.Naidu) who carries a laptop computer and was talking to Bill Gates ?

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (2030)	7/29/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: JEFF CHAPMAN	Respond to of 12475

Another interesting story (btw, mytrack is a must to follow overnight Comtex newswires on Asian business): (COMTEX) B: India asks Bill Gates, Craig Barrett, Alvin Toffler to gu B: India asks Bill Gates, Craig Barrett, Alvin Toffler to guide IT policy NEW DELHI, July 30 (AFP) - The Indian government is trying to rope in legends such as Microsoft's Bill Gates, Intel chief Craig Barrett and futurist Alvin Toffler to guide its information technology policy, a daily said Thursday. The Times of India said the other big names on the short-list included Keniche Ohmae, the theorist of a borderless world, and Massachussetts Institute of Technology director Nicholas Negroponte. A senior official in the Hindu nationalist-led government said: "We want to have a certain minimum number of people before we formalise the group. Our intention is to have 30-odd people, half of whom are foreigners and the rest Indians." He said the Indians to be invited would include Ratan Tata, chief of the Tata business empire; Mukesh Ambani of petrochemicals and textile giant Reliance Ltd.; and Shiv Nadar, owner of one of the largest Indian computer firm. The official said the project was a very "preliminary" stage and added that although the people targetted were "very busy ... We are confident that they would like to be associated in our efforts of making India an information technology superpower. "We want it to be a long-term thing covering all aspects -- hardware, software, financing, policy and the future impact of information technology on society," he said. India's software industry is booming with exports soaring to a record high of 1.7 billion dollars, up 65 percent, for the fiscal year to March 1998. But experts say there is vast scope for growth. There are only 2.3 million personal computers in the country, meaning one personal computer for 500 persons, whereas the world average is 15 personal computers per 500 persons. New Delhi has earmarked information technology and computer software development as a key focus areas in a bid to make India a global software power by early next century. Bill Gates, during his first visit to India in March last year said the industry, would be valued at around six billion dollars at the turn of the century. Gates also said that his company rated India as a better investment bet than China, one of its main competitors in the field of software exports. ach/bl