Title :
History of Computing in India: 1955-2010
Author :
Rajaraman, Vaidyeswaran
Author_Institution :
Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
The history of computing in India is inextricably intertwined with two interacting forces: the political climate (determined by the political party in power) and the government policies mainly driven by the technocrats and bureaucrats who acted within the boundaries drawn by the political party in power. There were four break points (which occurred in 1970, 1978, 1991 and 1998) that changed the direction of the development of computers and their applications. This article explains why these breaks occurred and how they affected the history of computing in India.
Keywords :
DP industry; history; politics; India; history of computing; political climate; political party; Computer industry; Government policies; History; India; Industries; Software development; India´s computing history; computers and developing country; computing and politics; government policies and computing development; history of computing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2015.10
