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Designing dream machines, in India!

October 13, 2005 15:22 IST
By Pete Engardio, Businessweek

Few folks are surprised to learn that their PC or cell phone was designed by a no-name Asian electronics contractor.

But what about something really complex? Could Detroit, say, outsource the design of a whole passenger car to low-cost engineers in Asia? Not yet. But visit the engineering operations of outfits such as Tata Consultancy Services, a showcase of India's fast-evolving design capabilities, and that day seems closer than you may think.

At TCS labs in

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India, engineers are working on virtually every aspect of car design for an array of foreign clients. In Bangalore, for example, engineers are tweaking the designs of a drive train for a passenger car to be built by a Western auto maker.