India should attract more US BPO companies: Rafiq Doassani

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 18:46 [IST]

Hyderabad, Nov 7 (UNI) As USA and other developed countries are relocating back-office services to other countries, India should allow foreign Business Process Offshoring (BPO) companies to operate from the India, according to Stanford University Asia-Pacific Center Head Prof Rafiq Doassani.

Speaking at the plenary session "Looking Ahead:Opportunities and Challenges in ICT here, Entrepreneurship" at the second Global Forum on Business Incubation today, he said allow entry to foreign BPO companies and India could take full advantage of the companies in the USA, which were outsourcing operations.

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