Computers for young children in India. From: Childhood Education | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Association for Childhood Education International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Successful computer scientist Desh Deshpande, founder of Sycamore Networks of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has pledged $100 million over the next 20 years to his alma mater, IIT [the elite Indian Institute of Technology], Madras.... High-tech tycoons are part of a startling new trend in India, [one that] recognizes the fact that India is a fertile ground for growing future high-tech entrepreneurs. (Pallava, 2000, p. 794)

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