I must say, my brief experience in managing a team of Indian developers had all the same sorts of issues. There were certainly bright and talented individuals

I must say, my brief experience in managing a team of Indian developers had all the same sorts of issues. There were certainly bright and talented individuals, but the inability to rely on any given level of competence was maddening. I think it was made all the worse by a cultural fear of challenging authority that made them extremely averse to admitting any inability to understand or comply with direction. They would all smile and tell me they understood everything and then produce code with basic flaws that proved they didn't understand anything, even core concepts that were well within the supposed certifications they had. It took a lot of time but eventually they became a reasonably productive team, but I'd hesitate to recommend any company go this route unless it's a major and long term project because the overhead of getting through it all is enormous.