Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - The chance of cooperation between Indonesia and India in information technology is wide open.
India is now well known as the country improving rapidly its information technology.
"There are many potential of cooperation between Indonesia and India in information technology sector. Many companies in India are willing to expand their business in Asian countries like Indonesia," Indian ambassador to Indonesia Biren Nanda said on Thursday in an international seminar in Yogyakarta`s State University (UNY).
At this moment, Nanda said, countries using India`s information technology service are the United States and Europe.
"The information technology can cut down the cost of companies and government. It is very suitable to be implemented in Indonesia," Nanda said.
Indonesia, like India, has many factors such as a number of qualified human resources that can support the development of information technology.
Nanda also said the information technology has many advantages to be developed because it does not need much physical means, no pollution resulted and it can absorb many work forces.
Meanwhile, UNY head Rochmat Wahab said the information technology cannot be separated in people`s life in this globalization era.
"The information technology will be implemented in the daily life so people have to use it in their daily life to improve it," Wahab said.
"In the future, to form the world class university, I hope there will be an exchange program, like students exchange, lecturer as well as university`s staffs," Wahab said.
India in the recent years rapidly develops information technology and has gained profit of 47.8 million USD for the national income in 2008.
Some policies to improve the information technology in India like the making of legal protection, fiscal intensive, the simplified procedure, the building of infrastructure and investment in education was made by the government.
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