i, me and myself

We are going through Global financial melt down. I have been screaming about it for quite some time. I have been born and brought up, as a professional, in this increasingly flattening global economy. I draw an analogy of global economy being an elephant which has been an big fat beast standing on one thick leg, the US economy. What is happening now is that this elephant is unfurling its other three legs. They are Europe, China, India (feel free to disagree with the legs analogy with me here). This is obviously creating a lot of unrest, investors are upset, Feds are under fire, Mortgage market is a drama, US dollar is devaluing So we are heading towards globalization alright! When I went for interviews, people often asked me: "How come you changed jobs this quick?" I said :"Globalization!" so lets take walk down the lane and see how I experienced it and tried my best to survive it. In 2001 - 2002... I was desperate to find a IT firm to do my curriculam project. Then...

Education - IT Market Study India ØMarket size for the year 2008-2010 as Rs.4000 crore and underlying hardware as Rs.7000 crore Ø1.20 million Schools spread over 609 districts across 35 states and union territories of India ØColleges : 16,885 Universities nearly 350 ØCurrently, only 5% of the institutes in India have an ERP system in place ØThousands of private organizations, which constitute nearly 15% of the total number of schools in India ØMarket Expansion expected to be approximately 3% per year ØThe domestic IT market is expected to cross $23 billion in the current fiscal year to March 2008. References: •2007,A Tool for Quality Enhancement by Educate Institute Automation •ERP Software Market 2007-2010 by IIIM,Bangalore •Information Technology in Educational Institutions by Market Research Report, Feb 2008 United States ØTotal Number of K-12 Schools : 133,362 ØTotal number of colleges and universities: 4,140 ØThe annual growth rate is expected to reach over 30%. ØCalifornia school...