During August last year I heard that around 12500 schools in Kerala adopted Linux[1]. Further Richard Stallman's visit to Kerala boosted enthusiasm in that state[2].
Today I read that ELCOT (Electronic Corporation of Tamilnadu) adopted Open source applications.
All their servers including access control systems are on Red Hat Linux[3].
All along it remained merely a hobby or fun or learning(for most of the users). But now the wave is creeping up from southern states in India.
According to the State Minister for IT and Bio-Technology of Karnataka, Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar, the State is also planning to broach this idea with neighbouring States such as Andhra Pradesh in order to gain wider acceptance for Linux[4].
Hope the day is not far away where Linux skill becomes defacto necessity to excel in software industry in India.
References:
1) http://digg.com/linux_unix/Kerala_Indian_State_to_go_100_Linux
2) http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082210770400.htm
3) http://stuff.techwhack.com/archives/2007/01/04/elcot-tamil-nadu-open-source/
4) http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/05/18/stories/2002051801280700.htm
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