Why IT firms love doctors? ; Indian IT and BPO companies are stepping up their focus on newer markets, and many of them have identified healthcare and life sciences as key growth drivers.

Indian IT and BPO companies are stepping up their focus on newermarkets, and many of them have identified healthcare and lifesciences as key growth drivers. Already, large firms such as TCS,Wipro and Infosys Technologies have 3,500, 3,000 and 1,500 people,respectively, in their healthcare practices. The opportunity ismassive; the global healthcare and life sciences industry isexpected to spend $40 billion (Rs 1.6 lakh crore) on its ITrequirements in 2008. Healthcare providers are looking to modernisetheir legacy infrastructure and cut costs by outsourcing both theirtechnology and BPO work to us, says V. …