THE ORIENTAL ROUTE

■ The project is part of Nasscom’s move to reduce dependence on the US and UK markets

■ US 62% of IT exports, UK 17%, Europe 11%, Asia 8%, Rest of the World 2% in 2017-18

■ SIDCOP was launched in January this year

■ 52 Indian IT vendors and 23 Chinese customers have registered so far

■ By end of March it expects 100 Indian vendors and 150 customers to come on board