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Indeed Informataion Technology has changed our image from once snake charmer to one of the super powers in the world. Information Technology is a wide term broadly covering the areas of computer science, electronics and telecommunications. Information technology is a technology in which both telecomunication and computer technologies work together to provide information. In other words i nformation technology is that technology by which the information is processed, communicated, exhibited, and retrieved in as fast, error-free and proper way. The world is indeed a small place. This saying stands correct in today's ever-growing and changing world order. It would not be wrong to say that today's world is the world of information and telecommunicaiton. Everyday new technology and inventions are being made inn the area of informaion processing and travelling. There is hardly any which has not been affected by this. The whole world is changing into a small place where any informaion can be exchanged by people in few seconds and that, too, in proper and effective way withyout any loss of any data while it is being processed.All this has been possible through information technology like telephone, telex, computers, Internet, fax, E-mail, photocopier, cellular, phones, printer, scanner, pager, digital, camera, multimedia, videophone etc. Over the last few decades there has been a tremendous growth in IT, which has almost revolutionised the very outlook of the world. The economy of any country is no longer measured by strength of traditional industries, but by its technological advancement. It is estimated that knowledge based businesses would contribute two third of the growth in global GDP in the next ten years.
In a developing country such as ours IT makes it possible to leapfrog many of the physical barriers and deliver basic needs like education to people in areas that either do not have facilities or are inaccessible. With the decreasing cost of instruments and services like personal computers, cell phones and internet, direct benefit of IT sooner than later would be reaped even by the illiterate and disadvantaged.
Unlike the any other industries the IT sector is people intensive and creates vast employment opportunities. It is speculated that total size of IT industry in India will cross US $ 1000 billion by 2008 and become single largest contributor to the GDP. At present there are more than lakhs of institutes imparting IT education. According to Late Dewang Mehata, former NASSCOM chief and pathfinder of IT, We can compete with anybody in the world, in knowledge, in performance, in vision....we have to create that opportunitiy .we have all the resources---natural and human. There are presently about 300,000 computer professionals working in the country, and as per a NASSCOM(National Association of Software & Service Companies) study this number is expected to grow and reach 22 lacs i.e. almost a quarter million, by the year 2008. This would however include professionals for the hard-core IT sector as well as for the IT enabled services. At this time near about 10,000 software professionals are abroad earning pride for their nation. Now,.Government pays lot of attention to IT as it has established separate ministry as a regulating body.
The other technology of the IT sector is "Web Technology", which is going to be perhaps the most dominant. We are already witnessing that even the traditional business functions like trading a transactions have gone online. A recent survey has showed that there are already more than 3.75 million ‘netizens’ in the world. This increasing popularity of net-culture has created new kind of careers. In India this especially holds true since by 2004 we are going to be second only to China in usage of Internet. The various types of job functions available in a typical net-based environment would be content development, graphic designing, e-commerce, strategic planning, business development and so on.
Educational Qualification: This sector provides an exciting career prospect. The option for entering the world of computers opens after 10+2. It does not matter whether a student belongs to science ,arts or commerce stream.But students having math as a subject in intermeadiate level are preferrale in some of the reputed universities like IGNOU(Indira Gandhi National Open University). The intersted students can plunge into IT after it. There are lot of courses offered after 10+2 as BCA, BScIT ,BE, B.Tech. However a master degree is more prefefable in the IT sector which can be obtainted after completion of Graduation or eqivalent coureses such as BCA, BScIT, BE, B.Tech. Several UGC granted universities provide IT education like IGNOU, JNU, BHU, DU(Dehli University)etc. which are highly rated in the IT market
Most engineering colleges provides BE/B.Tech courses in computer science. These are 4-year courses, which encompasses study of computer hardware and give adequate training in systems software. Since jobs opportunities are better in software development many computer-engineering graduates work in software development, as systems software engineers, system analysts and application software professionals. However there are other professional courses in the area of software as well.
MCA(Master of Computer Application) is a postgraduate course of 2 to 3 years open to graduates from any stream but those who have a good mathematical background have an advantage. B.Sc in Computer Science is an under graduate course which gives a theoretical base for a career in computers. However the course contains less of practical training. Diploma in Computer Applications is a one-year diploma course that covers the basics. It is not considered good enough in the job market.
To guide prospective software students the Department of Electronics Accreditation of Computer Courses (DOEACC) scheme was initiated by Government of India in the early 1991 to introduce some sort of method into the computer training so as to bring quality standardization at all levels. There are four levels of courses under this scheme.
‘O’ Level is a foundation level course, which would certify a candidates’ competence as a programmer assistant or equivalent level. Minimum qualification required for doing the course is 10+2.
‘A’ Level is the advanced diploma level course and certifies a candidates’ skill as a programmer. Then comes the ‘B’ Level course, which is a graduate level course, and this course will give certification to the candidate for proficiency as a systems analyst or software engineer. The course duration at the approved institute should be equivalent to a three-year full time course.
‘C’ Level Course will recognize the candidates’ proficiency a systems manager. The course duration at the recognized institute should be equivalent to full time 18 months.
There are 1032 institutes in the country which offer IT courses with an intake of 66,214 students per annum. In addition, IITs, IIITs, IISc Bangalore have an intake of nearly 1200 students in their IT courses. All these institutions offer courses in electronics, microelectronics, and telecommunications. Whereas some of the students from these courses go for hardware jobs, it is estimated that more than 50% of them migrate to software services and more than 30% of the graduates from other disciplines as well migrate to software services. As per the Ministry of Information Technology estimates, for the IT enabled services non formal sector itself has capacity for training 5 lakh students per annum apart from the BCA, BIT courses offered through distance education programmes by the recognised open universities. It is estimated that as a result of special drive undertaken by the government to increase the intake in the existing courses as well as to introduce new courses in IT, nearly 16,000 seats are likely to be added during 2000-2001.
It is pertinent to note here that IT is not the domain of only the engineers, those with humanities and commerce backgrounds can as well pursue BCA/MCA and various other AICTE approved or certified courses and enter the sector as professionals. Therefore there are many ways to get into this sector. Obviously those with engineering backgrounds would corner the best jobs but there are equally attractive opportunities for others as well especially in the IT enabled services. Even professionals from other areas like accountancy, architecture and applied arts etc can learn computer skills, to enhance their career prospects and create a niche for themselves.
