New Delhi: A Consultancy Development Center (CDC) set up with the cooperation of the governments Department of Scientific and Industrial research organizations claims that India could earn Rs 30billion in foreign exchange through consultancy exports versus the Rs 2 billion expected from it this year. This in tum would have a multiplier effect on the export of goods contributing Rs 300 billion by the turn of the century according to a CDC spokesman.
India’s consultancy professions suffer at the present from certain inhibiting factors which prevent optimum use of the system. These factors according to a spokesman include a weak financial base an information gap inadequate operational infrastructure a lack of training and retraining facilities and the wherewithal to undertake market contacts and ties abroad.
The CDC has stepped inactively to meet these needs with specially designed programs and assistance measures. These include training courses for engineers and management professionals. The CDC also organizes consultancy-industry consultancy-research and consultancy-end user institutions and contact development programs.
The CDC will help provide the services of senior consultants to small and medium enterprises who will advise them on production and quality. They would also assist in involving state governments and others in promoting the consultancy culture. One of the factors in the way of a fuller use of the export of consultants was “their poor utilization at home” the CDC hope to close this gap said their spokesman.
The CDC, now in its sixth year of existence has been asked by the Department of Scientific and Industrial research to undertake the important task of registering consultants and consultancy organizations. Details of the scheme have been worked out and guidelines issued for registration with the CDC. Registration with the CDC would provide credibility to the consultant in specified areas as well as professional profile sheets to match qualifications and experience with the needs of concerned clients.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 31, 1992
