Editor,
I read with interest "India's growth could be costly" by Santhosh Chandrashekar, published in the Daily Lobo on Aug. 20. The column primarily focused on the impact of India's growth on India itself. But the growth of India (and China) will impact all countries practicing free trade. U.S. white-collar, high-skill jobs such as programming and engineering are expected to shift to cheap-labor areas such as India, the Philippines or South America.
According to one estimate, 14 million white-collar jobs can be performed electronically and, hence, could potentially be moved offshore. University education should take into account the impact of globalization and make adjustments to the program. For example, computer science programs in some universities have classes on people and communication skills and train students on how to manage teams consisting of multinationals on conference calls.
Venkat R. Nagaswami
Career development facilitator
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