Beijing, Nov 07: While lauding China's recent leap forward in the economic and social sectors, information technology guru, N R Narayana Murthy today said that the communist giant would overtake India in the software sector in next five years only if "we did nothing". "I believe that if India did nothing to consolidate its position and go into the next orbit, probably in about five years China would overtake us," Murthy, chairman of the board of Infosys Technologies limited told news agencies here on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) China Business Summit 2003.
"But then, this is one area where I find that there is a sense of confidence in India, there is a sense of openness to learn from china and to compete with china," Murthy, who also chaired an interactive session on 'technology and communications: building the knowledge economy in China', said.
Since there is a sense of confidence and sense of openness among India's software industry, Murthy said that he believed that Indian companies would continue to create their own competitive advantages over china which is attempting to overtake India in the software sector.
Bureau Report