From calculating cab fare to making sense of medicines prescribed by the doctor, from keeping track of employees to securing cellphones with fingerprints — these apps have not only made life easier, they are also all made in India.
The country’s mobile applications industry grew 22.6% in the past year and is projected to cross $227 million (Rs 1,804 crore) in 2012, a report by global consultancy firm Gartner says. The global app business is worth $8.5 billion (Rs 44,200 crore) with the US leading the invention pack, followed by Europe and India fast catching up.
A recent Nasscom study says India has 9,000 app development firms with the majority of them coming up in the past three years.
“It is where the future business is,” says ex-IITian Nakunj Jain, 23, who co-founded INOX apps with college graduate Sachin, 22.
They started out of Jain’s Delhi home three years ago and now have an office in Noida with 50 employees. “Our fingerprint-based lock screen app had over 25 million downloads in less than a year,” Jain says.
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