Thursday, October 20 2005 12:20 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bangalore: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, who had been second to none in criticizing Karnataka Government over inadequate infrastructure in the past, yesterday (Oct 19, 2005) said the issue could be sorted out by talking to the Government.

Asked whether there was a 'discerning discomfort' among the IT industry, he said the issue of infrastructure 'was being taken out of proportion.'

"Too much is being read into lines," he said, adding that the issue instead could be solved by talking one-to-one with the Government.

The IT industry had locked horns with the Government on the issue of infrastructural bottlenecks in Bangalore but the Government had recently promised schemes to overcome the problems.

Wipro had been in the process of using up its space in Bangalore and had sought land in Mysore and Mangalore to expand its business.

On shortage of engineers to meet the growing needs of the software industry, he said India would produce 350,000 engineers by this financial year.