The article states that "The Indian technology industry got its start running call centers and doing low-level IT work for western firms". The India

The article states that "The Indian technology industry got its start running call centers and doing low-level IT work for western firms". The Indian technology industry existed much before call centers became a vogue in India (which was around mid 90's). A few facts: a. ISRO has been launching satellites since 70's b. HCL Infosystems launched the first microcomputer in India in 1977 (http://www.hclinfosystems.com/op_history.htm http://www.hclinfosystems.com/op_history.htm) c. Texas Instruments had their development office setup in India in 1985 Various facts like above show that though IT industry got a boom in India in 90s, its origins can be traed to much earlier years.