The Effect of University-Industry Linkages and their Geographical Proximity to the Growth of Software Industry in India

By : Akshaya Kapoor

Page No: 100-119

Abstract
In future, the growth of software industry in India will depend on the way it handles its university-industry linkages. For India to move from an outsourcing destination, with respect to the software industry, to becoming a strong leader in the world, these linkages will play a key role. This paper tends to examine how far this prediction is true if it is. This paper analyze the effect of geographical proximity to relationship between universities and software firms and also throw some light on the state of University-Industry linkages in India. This paper then suggests that University-Industry linkages have a positive impact on software industry and there exists a positive correlation between geographical proximity and the efficacy of these linkages. In the end, this paper makes the case that building technical institutes or universities within the software parks or clusters can greatly enhance the innovation capacity of the software industry, this, in turn, can improve the industry’s growth and development.

Author : 
Akshaya Kapoor : Research Student at Maharishi Arvind University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2018.38.01.8