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| Author(s): |
Mariana Faiad Batista Alves
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2012-03-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Thomas Patrick Dwyer;
Else Ribeiro Pires Vieira;
Dilip Loundo
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| Advisor: | Thomas Patrick Dwyer |
| Abstract | |
India has an Information and Communication Technologies industry (ICTs) of global reach. This dissertation seeks to understand the trajectory of Indian success through an analysis of its protagonists, who are members of an elite in constant contact with the West since the time when the country was a British colony, at the same time they have an important role in Hinduism for being part of the higher caste of the hierarchical system. The protagonist elite of the ICTs industry is mostly Brahmin, in intensive contact with the West: an identity marked by contradiction. Particular aspects of this elite's identity collaborate to India's success in the technology industry and, this study sought to analyze these two aspects: the impact of the caste system on the development of ICTs industry and the contact of the Brahmin elite with the West (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/12882-2 - Contrasting poverty, comparing technologies: Brazil and India on the road of development |
| Grantee: | Mariana Faiad Batista Alves |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |