India?s tech upswing worries US

The US could lose its competitive edge on technology to countries like India and China, writes S Rajagopalan.

The fuss over the loss of American tech jobs because of outsourcing has been overshadowed by a bigger issue — that the US could lose its competitive edge on the technology front to countries like India and China.

"India is pouring money into technology parks to lure back native talent and produce world class tech companies... America's brain drain will be India's brain gain," says a report from AeA, the US's largest high-tech trade body.

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