Endnotes

1. Software Technology Parks of India, www.stph.net.

2. "A Regulatory Regime That Regulates the Least," Andhrapradesh.com, www.andhrapradesh.com/.

3. Andhrapradesh.com, www.andhrapradesh.com/.

4. Mahithi means information in Karnataka's regional language of Kannada.

5. The active participation of this task force resulted in a highly ambitious IT Action Plan (www.mit.gov.in/atrnt.htm) based in a clear understanding of the barriers to building the needed infrastructure for developing the Indian IT sector. The Action Plan defines several targets to break down these barriers including the elimination of environmental constraints, the promotion of the nascent VC industry in India, the penetration of IT for all by 2008, and a dedicated campaign for universal computer literacy for the masses.

6. Olivier Bomsel and Jo «l Ruet, "Digital India: Report on the Indian IT Industry," Centre d' ‰conomie Industrielle, Ecole Nationale Sup rieure des Mines de Paris, www.cerna.ensmp.fr/Documents/DigitalIndiaMainFindings.pdf.

7. American India Foundation, www.aifoundation.org/.

8. The IndUS Entrepreneurs, www.tie.org/.

9. Simputer, www.simputer.org/.

10. Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney, "Creating an Environment for Venture Capital in India," World Development, V.30, No. 2, pp. 227 “253, 2002.

11. Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney, "Creating an Environment for Venture Capital in India," World Development, V.30, No. 2, pp. 227 “253, 2002.

12. NASSCOM, www. nasscom .org.

13. Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney, "Creating an Environment for Venture Capital in India," World Development, V.30, No. 2, pp. 227 “253, 2002.

14. Microland , www.microlandgroup.com.

15. Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney, "Creating an Environment for Venture Capital in India," World Development, V.30, No. 2, pp. 227 “253, 2002.

16. Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney, "Creating an Environment for Venture Capital in India," World Development, V.30, No. 2, pp. 227 “253, 2002.

17. Asia/Pacific Research Center (A/PARC), aparc. stanford .edu.

18. Rafiq Dossani, "Chinese and Indian Engineers and Their Networks in Silicon Valley," Working Paper, Asia/Pacific Research Center, March 2002, Stanford University.