Two of the most respected names in the Indian software industry answer queries on the trends in software development and the IT industry in India. Dr Ganesh Natarajan (Chairman of Nasscom, CEO of Zensar) & Dr. Anand Deshpande (Founderof Persistent Systems) answer queries on topics like developer skill enhancement, cloud computing, software product development and how acceptance of mediocrity is hurting India’s growth prospects.

This keynote address was delivered by Dr. Anand Deshpande at the 3rd IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology. Dr. Deshpande points out how Java developers often rely solely on the JVM and develop applications without an understanding of the context in which the application would run. In this session he touches on various technologies and developments that a Java developers needs to understand so as to develop Java programs best suited for a particular context.