Kolkata: The Electronics and Computer Software (ESC) Export Promotion Council today (Dec 22, 2003) said the Indian software companies were expected to bag significant amount of outsourcing job from China in coming years.

The ESC, which has established Chinese India Software Association (CISA), expected the increased interaction with Chinese IT sector would enable the small and medium Indian IT firms to bag outsourcing job from the neighbouring country.

"ESC has established CISA with the purpose of opening up the Chinese market for Indian industry, interactions would be strengthened and results would be thus definitive between now and end of 2004," ESC (eastern region) Chairman Pawan Kasera said.

"About $ 12 billion of outsourcing is likely to take place from China. Not many Indian software/hardware companies have gone to China so far and CISA is now poised to give small and medium scale units the facilities to tie-up with Chinese firms for large orders," he said.