Not long ago, I made my first trip to India. I wasn’t sure what to expect, given that India is in the throes of a rapid transformation from third world country to first world economic powerhouse. Now, having met scores of people in the Indian IT sector, I can see what is driving this country: the people have a strong commitment to learning that translates into business success.
My reason for traveling to India was to support a series of HP partner and customer events. HP hosted various sessions for sales and technical professionals who work in emerging business markets like Mumbai and Delhi.
I was stunned at the turnout, as well as the seriousness of the attendees.
Now, I’ve attended training events like these all over the world, and I’ve never seen a group of people who seem to covet the learning opportunities as these people did. It was like a feeding frenzy! There was just so much enthusiasm and such a high level of interest in learning about HP technology solutions and in becoming certified professionals.
Why? Well, the attendees told me that training and certification puts their careers in high gear. The partners said this is one of the best ways to prepare to meet customers’ growing IT requirements, and to differentiate their businesses from other providers of IT solutions. They said it raises their value to their customers.
As for the end customers, they sought the training to become more valuable to their own employers. We expected to reach a few dozen end users with our training events; instead we had more than 280 people attend!
For those people who still wonder how India has become such an economic powerhouse in the last decade or so, I point to the Indian people’s hunger for learning and the opportunity to get ahead, and especially to forge deeper into the intellectual property space. Not only do they recognize the value of learning, but they covet every opportunity for it.
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