India, Oct. 9 -- The move by China to protect its market against the international tech giants and develop local platforms such as Alibaba and ByteDance is a strategic move that has paid in huge dividends, bringing in international notoriety and independence. India is at a comparable cross road. IT services and outsourcing have dominated our tech story, but firms such as Zoho are forging a trail of developing integrated product platforms to deal with business problems at scale. We need to foster and support startups capable of growing into international technology leaders that can be both local and international in their innovation and ambitions. India has a race to become self reliant in the realm of tech ecosystems, and the initial indi...