Posted by Nikhil Pahwa, Sun 21 Jan 2007 05:45 AM PST

In the first session, titled ‘What will drive the growth of the Internet in India’,
Rajan Mehra, Country Manager eBay India spoke about public-private partnership to bring about empowerment, education, health and employment. The government needs to provide subsidies to the fledgling Internet industry and leverage government infrastructure. The private players would move towards a standardisation of technology, focus on training and build a backbone for rural penetration of online services. Issues of ambiguous legal and regulatory policy were raised, for which changes are in the offing. A uniform code of conduct for e-commerce was also mentioned. An exemption of duties for goods purchased online was asked for, and a committment on privacy and security was promised.

Hitesh Oberoi, Co-founder and COO of Info Edge said that there’s a need for identifying consumers on the basis of their needs, and developing different market plans. Internet in India will be local, and a resume database sells in India because of its price point. India is a matrimonial market, not one for dating. With cheap SMS in India, it will always be a mobile market, and a young market. It’s important for offline businesses to move online, and for there to be an online-offline model. Read the rest.

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