Computers play a major role in advancing and revolutionizing IT throughout India. The author focuses on the history of the beginning of the IT revolution in India five decades ago. He emphasizes the growth of software and service exports from $30 million in the 1980s to more than $100 billion in 2013. A full chapter covers the rise, fall, and return of the IT giant, IBM, in India.

This book consists of nine chapters, an exhaustive list of bibliographical notes for each chapter, and a useful index of more than 30 pages. The first two chapters focus on India’s first computers and the involvement of the state in revolutionizing the IT sector in India. Chapters 3 and 4 cover the rise and fall of IBM and the advancing of the computer era in India. The next two chapters make claims about the emergence of a new IT continent and foreign platforms for Indian-made software. Chapters 7 and 8 discuss the evolution of outsourcing Indian software and advancements in software development in India. The author concludes this work with the prospects and advancements achieved and those that are yet to be achieved in making India a digital nation.

The most interesting part of the book is its introductory chapter, which covers the overall history of the IT revolution in India.