Digital Republic -- India's Rise to IT Power
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CGR5JLU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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The university administration sought total control over departments while the government played off university against university and massively raised student numbers. For a number of years, he worked as a professor in universities in the US, the UK and The Netherlands, returning to India in 1997 to become research head of India’s largest software company, Tata Consultancy Services. It is a personal account of the unparalleled explosion of an industry seen through the eyes of someone who was there from the beginning.Mathai Joseph played a leading role in the development of software in India. Going to the University of Warwick brought many changes, from the constrained India of the 1980’s to the first flush of Thatcherite Britain, from the uncertainties of computing at TIFR to the strident demands of teaching and research in a challenging
An enjoyable and engaging memoir! This is an excellent memoir by one of India's leading computer scientists. It documents the early growth of computer science through the `50s and '70s followed by the explosive growth of the software industry and its influence on contemporary society. What makes it particularly interesting is Mathai Joseph's own story as a student in Bombay, Cardiff and Cambridge, where he got his Ph.D. We read of his anxiety over the apparent lack of progress in his thesis; his larks with his friends during the swinging sixties (the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Twiggy, Thelonius Monk, Auden, Allen Gins. Digital Republic: A First hand account Mathai Joseph has written a book "Digital Republic" which covers a significant portion of his life as well as the life of Development work in the major software projects in India, in leading places. It starts with his personal development in the Computer Science arena with a PhD degree, well earned at the Cambridge University. Mathai guided and worked in some major projects at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. In parallel, he was academic guide to some younger colleagues who themselves are leaders in their respective fields around the world.Mathai shifted to Warwick . "A very readable book!" according to Smita Ghaisas. A very readable account of the IT phenomenon in India! Digital Republic steers clear of the typical documentary-style `history of IT in India' narrative and instead presents personal impressions of the empowering journey of a nation despite all the government restrictions that slowed things down from the 1960s--1980s. Written with wit and warmth, the book takes you for a leisurely walk through these interesting times. There are so many opportunities in here to relate to the author's experiences: You could be that small-town young man struggling to settle down in Mumbai, or that basic Science