History of computer and IT in India 1965 to 2005
History and learnings about the developments of computer systems, Application software and IT in India during the period 1965 2005 Prof D K Subramanian, IISc(rtd.) Professor,IIT,Bombay Visiting Faculty, IIMB,AIT,Bangkok,University of Manchester,PSTI, and several universities. Ex member, TCS Research advisory board Advisor, Karnataka government, banks, IDRBT,Jindal steel plant, Dept. of space, Government of India 1. Introduction While Indian research institutions got into computer development and computational research from 1960 onwards, the first wave of computer usage by industries started by mid 1970s. The second and a short wave led to development of large computer centres in the seventies providing access and opportunities to larger groups of users from various organizations. This was mostly a government effort. The third wave started in the early 1980s. It started slowly b...