India should quickly embrace a modern and world-class human resources policy to avoid serious shortage of manpower in information technology respect, said Narayana Murthy, head of India's software giant Infosys Wednesday.

"There is a serious manpower shortage. So, unless we have put in place a dynamic, forward-looking, modern and world-class human resources policy, I think we will regret," Murthy said at an IT seminar.

"The success of India's software sector and other research and development activities is a result of an extraordinary policy that was put in place in early 1950s by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. We are now reaping the benefits. Unfortunately today, we do not have people who have imagination, youth, energy and enthusiasm in framing modern, world-class human resources policy," Murthy said.

He said that he had raised the issue with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a number of occasions.

"I hope that he (Singh) will realize that development of human resources is the most critical issue for not just for the software industry but for India's future," added the Infosys head.

Source: Xinhua