The worlds technological horizon is dominated by the computer since the year

1970, and by now, it has entered into every sphere of human existence, and in
the last two decades it has taken over charge of all that was once mans
handiwork.
A computer is an electric device which helps in boosting our efficiency and helps
us in being more creative by taking up the work of repetition itself. The computer
helps us create programmes, communicate and also help us to earn. To day,
even in India it is beyond our imagination to conceive of any avenue where
computer has not made a dent., may it be in business, banking, publishing
engineering etc., This change over to computerization is welcomed by all and
sundry but, it leaves one burning question in the minds of people. We are all apt
to believe that, computerization is apt to throw men out of employment, no it is
not so, this belief is just a misnomer. The reason for this is that, a man who was
once doing the job of a clerk would now be able to execute more productive
assignments, thus contributing his best to his employer society and the nation.
The computer is expected to ensure enhancement of knowledge levels,
productivity, earnings and living standards of the society. If India wants to
emulate the economic super powers of the world it is necessary for India to
completely computerize, and link the Indian economy and industry with
International information in a super big way. This can be made possible only with
the help of the computer and the Internet networks.
It was in October 1977 that the private sector Internet Service Provider ushered
into India. And this was a great step forward, in the growth of telecom and
communication industry. This single step is expected to open new avenues of
technology in this country, in the next century. The Internet is a complicated web
of satellites and cable network connecting millions of computers across the
world. With this advent of the computer, information is shared in the form of
data, pictures and graphics. The application of the Internet would include surfing,
and access to data.
In India there are about 93000 computers linked to Internet so far. The ISPs have
to give a bank guarantee equivalent to license fee for one year. In India, the
VSNL, i.e. the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd is the only provider of Internet Services.
The Internet has come as a storm in the Indian business and industry. Indian
manpower is about the best in the world, in about almost any sphere of work.
Now we have really arrived into a new world of a global village.
In the Indian context, computerization is absolutely necessary as, tele
communication and satellite imagery are both computer based. Life in urban
Indian is dependent on the telephone, E-mail, fax, internet connectivity and
cellphone and all these services warrant the usage of the computer, for their
operation and maintenance. Even in rural areas the computer can play an
important role in crop development, software for seed research, crop diseases,
rural industry and rural education. The avenue of rural tele communication has
been revolutionized by the computer.
The computer could be of great value in education. This is because all
information is stored and managed by computers, and so they become
necessary in the modern times and are also accessible to all. India can hope to
become a country of world standards, only when it computerizes its economy,

business, scientific and all other operations. Only this technology can help India
to benefit on all fronts. It is a certainty that the new century would belong
entirely to the computer.