Technological progress and rise of knowledge industries have created new business opportunities in the global scenario. After low end business processing, global corporations have started outsourcing high-value added forms of business process outsourcing. This has given rise to a new trend in outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing, KPO. This includes research and work on intellectual property, equity and finance, analytics, market research and data management, etc. After achieving success in BPOs, India is now gearing towards KPO's. This sector is expected to employ 250,000 persons by 2010.This paper examines issues of Knowledge process outsourcing in terms of Hecksher Ohlin Model. It looks at emerging trends of KPO sector in India. It gives a perspective on India's advantages in KPO and its emerging potential for the economy. It also highlights challenges faced by the upcoming KPO sector. Policy implementations regarding challenges are also discussed.

Digital technology has revolutionized the world as never before. The tramformalion from an industrial to a knowledge-based global l:'conomy is rapid. Jn the knowledge era. 'information technology' (IT) sen'cs as an integrated factor of production. In India too, the cu11triblltio11 of information and communication technology (!CT) is s1);11ijica111 in terms of income and earnings, growth and employmenl generation. The IT workforce has come to occupy an important role in the C'conomy. What is the position of women in the newly-emerging areas of information technology? This paper aims to examine the issue bv charting tire career patterns of women professionals in IT

Women account for a sizeable number of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) workforce in India. This paper makes an attempt to find out women's status in emerging areas of IT in India. This paper firstly tries to find out factors affecting women's access to ICT education in India. It also tries to find out factors affecting participation in ICT employment. The paper addresses issues regarding IT education availability for all women. Policy recommendations are given regarding women participation in IT sector.

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