BANGALORE, India -- NBC11 reporter Scott Budman and photographer Don Hardy traveled to Bangalore, India, to see first-hand a story they have been covering for years here in the Bay Area. It's known as "outsourcing."

Budman and Hardy visited several Bay Area companies in India, including Network Appliance, Hewlett Packard and Infosys. Budman called Infosys the crown jewel of India's software, outsourcing, and high-tech business.

A special series of reports will soon air on NBC11 and NBC11.com.

Here are some of the pictures from their trip, including a special trip to a school.

SLIDESHOW: Images From Budman's Trip

The following is an excerpt of Budman's blog from his trip:

Philanthropy in Bangalore

After spending lots of time at technology companies here in Bangalore (and there are still more to come), it was very interesting to spend a large chunk of today with people helping the poor. Specifically, poor children. Thanks to a program -started in the Bay Area- called Home of Hope, which can be found on the web at www.hohinc.org, hundreds of children in Bangalore are getting a solid education, K through college, including computer training.

The staff at Atmashree school are former businesspeople, politicians, you name it. They've come together to work passionately on behalf of their students, and it's great to watch the results. Kids of all ages using the Linux Operating System to solve computer problems, learn their native language ... even a program for geography.

A kind of strange note ... Don and I, upon arrival at the school, were welcomed like royalty. For an hour. Maybe royalty is not strong enough. It was like Aishwarya Rai walking into a video gamer's conference. OK, bad example. It was kind of surreal, though. When we finally got to work, things got inspiring.

Then, off to a restaurant owned by an Indian entrepreneur, who made his money back in the Silicon Valley at Oracle. He's now CEO of an Indian start-up, and also turned his passion for motorcycles into a bike-themed restaurant. Great food, and atmosphere, no matter where you're from.

Tomorrow, more visits to families who moved from the Bay Area to Bangalore. A scant few years ago, that would have been a ridiculous sentence. No more, though. I'm sure we'll fight crazy traffic to get there. I'm still agape every time we get into a car. If you're from here, you know what I'm talking about.

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