The Strategic Challenge of Decoupling from China: The Case of India’s ICT Sector
Date of Award
8-2-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Department of Geopolitics & International Relations
First Advisor
Dr.Amrita Jash
Second Advisor
Dr. Anand V
Abstract
This article examines India’s challenges in a rather underexplored dimension— the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. This article deals with a key question: What impedes India’s prospects in the world’s ICT sector? The article identifies China’s strategic footprints in India’s ICT sector as the primary challenge and provides a deeper analysis of it. The article relies on quantitative data concerning the four key sub-sectors—e-commerce, consumer electronics, semiconductors and the telecom sector—to critically examine the strategic footprints of Chinese ICT in India’s ICT sector. The article further examines India’s evolving policy landscape in response to growing challenges. It concerns the recent debates in the tech policy circles and explores the scope of ‘technology decoupling’ from China. The article argues that India should see the concept of decoupling as distinct from US–China decoupling. Rather than decoupling, diversification away from China in a phased manner is found to be critical to secure India’s future in the evolving technological landscape.
Recommended Citation
Shrivastava, Megha, "The Strategic Challenge of Decoupling from China: The Case of India’s ICT Sector" (2024). University Departments. 88.
https://impressions.manipal.edu/maheud/88
