Nehru Champions Tech Education, Spurs India's IT Growth Amidst Challenges

Imagine India wanting to build new things like roads and canals, but not having enough skilled workers.

So, the leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, decided to build special schools called IITs to teach science and technology.

These schools got help from America, and even got one of the first big computers ever!

People learned how to use computers and write programs, and even wrote their own books.

But, many people were scared computers would take their jobs, and there weren't many jobs for computer experts in India back then.

Some people even went to other countries for work.

Companies like IBM, which sold computers, also had some issues with the Indian government.

The government thought IBM was charging too much for old computers, so after a big disagreement, IBM had to leave India.

Even though it was hard, these efforts helped India become good at technology later on.