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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Engineered in India, the Next Frontier?

Engineered in India, the Next Frontier?

By Priyanka Bhardwaj, Asia Times, Sep 2006

India is eyeing a slice of the engineering services outsourcing (ESO) cake. A product may be "Made in China", but it's the "Engineered in India" tagline that India Inc feels is up for grabs. And why not?

Money spent on engineering services, US$750 billion in 2004, is projected to zoom upward to $1.1 trillion globally by 2020. Of this, the outsourced component could be $200 billion. Currently, the ESO market is worth $15 billion with India's share @ 12%. Indian information-technology (IT) companies have a $40 billion opportunity by 2020 from engineering services, according to some reports.

India has the capacity to account for about $14 billion to $18 billion in 2020, compared with the current figure of about $1 billion in the high-tech/telecom vertical space. The automotive sector is another big opportunity for Indian players.

Full report here