
Technology companies in the West should stop thinking about India as a place to dump cut-price, low-tech versions of their products, a senior Indian researcher has said. Ajay Gupta, who heads the Indian labs of Hewlett Packard, said it was a myth that Indians wanted cheap goods. During a visit to the computer giant’s UK headquarters, he urged companies hoping to boost computer use in India to offer innovative solutions and value. Mr. Gupta’s comments came two weeks after chip maker Intel announced a computer specifically for the Indian market.