What's Next for India's Tech Entrepreneurs

The success of outsourcing companies such as Infosys has helped young
Indians who hope to launch startups, writes columnist Rob Salkowitz

By Rob Salkowitz

Suhas Gopinath is in demand these days. He takes time from his schedule as chief executive officer of the Bangalore-based IT services firm Globals, which he founded in 2000, to speak several days a week at youth
entrepreneur events, business schools, and industry conferences. He was
in Davos in February for the World Economic Forum and was one of the
organizers of the Young Business Leaders conference held in May in
Tanzania. After 10 years at the helm of his company, he's looking ahead
to new challenges and new ventures.

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Tech entrepreneurship in India, for all its hype and popularity, remains a niche activity, restricted to a few with the talent, ambition,
resources, and patience to navigate the complexities. Those like Suhas
Gopinath, who are able to make something from nothing at such a young
age, are rarer still. But in a country with 1.1 billion people, there
are 1.1 billion possibilities. Even the one-in-a-million stories come
true often enough to make a huge impact.