India next boom region for whiteboards?

With 4.9 million classrooms  across the country, the Indian marketplace clearly provides a  significant opportunity for suppliers of IT equipment. However, the market is extremely fragmented with huge disparities in the education system  across the country.

Futuresource has been involved in tracking  technologies in schools on a day-to-day basis for over seven years and has  launched a series of four reports covering Brazil, Russia, India  and China. The first report in the series, ‘India: The  Future for Schools Technologies’, provides an understanding of the key growth areas for schools technologies in India and shows how to  operate within the country to maximise opportunities.

With a  population expansion of 650 million forecast over the next 40 years,  education is high up on the Indian government’s agenda. The scale of  opportunity in the Indian schools market is so large that  it cannot be ignored, but the market know-how that is  required matches the scale of the opportunity.

The report includes research on;:

• The infrastructure  of  India                                            
• Indian education system  overview  
• India in numbers  (projectors, interactive whiteboards, population count, literacy levels,  internet users, GDP and more)  
• Doing business in  India  
• Private schools vs public schools  
• In-depth interviews with 100  headmasters  
• Schools Technology: drivers  and barriers  
• The technology today  
• Future rollout of  Technology  
• Analysis on India’s six key  cities and “Must have” States  
• Prioritising the  opportunities for maximum returns  

The 59-page India report can be purchased at £4,000 or the full BRICs series can be ordered for £12,000, with the Brazil, Russia  and China reports delivered during 2009.