Career Opportunities in IT

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Career Opportunities in IT Presented By Dr
G P S Raghava, Scientist Head, Bioinformatic
Centre IMTECH, Chandigarh Email
raghava_at_imtech.res.in Web http//imtech.res.in/ra
ghava/
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What is IT ?Media Hype ConfusionApplication
of IT in Real LifeDemand of IT ProfessionalsHow
to Enter in ITCan We afford to Ignore It ?
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What is IT

• ComputerCommunicationInformation
• Importance of Information in Life
• Access and Management of Data
• e-Bussiness/Software development
• Role of Internet in IT
• Online Documentation
• Email, Web, TELNET, FTP etc.

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Media Hype and Confusion

• II is Ultimate for Future
• Effect of US trend
• Re-engineering (DOTCOM)
• Colleges/Courses/Training
• No Quality Check
• Limited Knowledge of Subject

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Application of IT in Real Life

• Communication (INTERNET,Mobile)
• Education (Distance Learning, Video)
• Software Development
• Database Management
• Bioinformatics
• Genomics (Human Genome)
• Drug/Vaccine design

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Lets Put This in Perspective

• The Global IT Services Market is Expected to be
  worth 900 Billion with growth of 4 to 10 /
  annum as per Azim Premji of Wipro
• Indian Software industry has grown from 150
  million in 1990 to 8.5 billion today
• That Means we have only about 1 of the
  business!!!

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Nasscom Report Feb 2001

• Highlights of the NASSCOM Survey
• IT software and services professionals in India
  increased to 4,10,000 by end of 2000 vs. 2,80,000
  in 1998-99
• Indian IT industry will need an additional 90,000
  professionals in 2001 and about 1,15,000 in 2002,
  i.e. a total of 2,05,000
• Against this demand 2,60,000 professionals will
  be available

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Nasscom Report Feb 2001

• There is significant shortage of IT professionals
  in countries like Europe, Japan, Germany, Italy,
  UK, and New Zealand.
• Europe alone projects a shortage of over 200,000.

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Nasscom Report Feb 2001

• Japan expects to be short by over 1 million IT
  engineers over the next five years.  
• Countries such as Norway Austria have jobs in
  the government waiting to be filled (16000
  32000 respectively) Giles Clarke, CEO of
  Stepstone, an online recruiting service provider

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NASSCOM REPORTIndian Scenario

• The software market grew by over 45 (from Rs.
  4,950 crore in 1998-99 to Rs. 7,200 crore in
  1999-2000) C.A.G.R. 46.8
• It is expected to gross Rs. 9,500 crore in
  2000-01.
• Focus on e-governance by state governments in
  India. 19 of the 26 state governments have
  already announced their IT policy and many others
  have formed high-level Task Forces.
• The IT enabled services sector surpassed all
  expectation by showing a record growth of over
  70 to Rs.4100 Crores in 2000-01

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NASSCOM REPORT
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NASSCOM REPORT
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Job Opportunities in IT

• Software Development
• Network admin
• Database admin
• Hardware Engineering
• Sales Marketing
• Customer Support
• Technical Writing

• Multimedia
• Web design/development
• IT Enabled Services
• Medical transcription
• Legal Transcription
• Call centres

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Where do you use IT?

• Medicine
• Engineering
• Architecture
• Finance
• Management
• Marketing
• Hotel Management
• Travel and Tourism
• Interior Design

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Industry Sectors

• FMCG
• Automobiles
• Communication Entertainment
• Textiles
• Insurance
• Medicine
• Banking
• Telecom
• Aviation

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• Industries and Application Areas
• Transportation
• Railways
• Air Lines
• Traffic Management Systems
• Power Sector
• Load Dispatch Systems
• Power Stations

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Industries and Application Areas

• Insurance
• All records computerised
• Hotel Industry
• Booking systems
• Knowledge Repository
• Public Service and Utilities

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Industry Expectations

• - Conceptually sound
• - Technically strong
• - Technology savvy
• - Multiple skills
• - Excellent Communication skills
• - Self driven / Charged / Motivated
• - Team Player

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Bioinformatics

• Genome is a Manual of Life
• Human Genome (3 billion base pair)
• Sequencing of 51 Genome finished
• Protein decide function
• Prediction of Protein Function
• Disease Diagnostics
• Drug/Vaccine Design

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Bioinformatics at IMT, Chandigarhhttp//imtech.re
s.in/bic/ http//imtech.res.in/

• Mirror Sites (http//www.imtech.res.in/mirror_site
  s/)
• Public Domain Resources in Biology
  (www.imtech.res.in/)
• IMTECH Library on Internet (/lib/)
• Concept of vaccine design
• Protein Structure Prediction (Olympic-2000)
• Gene Prediction
• Software for general use
• GNU software
• SUN Freeware
• PostgreSQL
• Site http//imtech.res.in/raghava/www.html

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Industry Expectations

• BROADER ATTRIBUTES
• Strategic thinking
• Learning abilities
• Risk taking abilities
• Broad based Expertise
• New ideas creativity

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How to Enter in IT ?

• Degree in IT or Computers
• Training Courses
• RCC courses, CEDT Mohali, APTECH etc.
• Qualify DOE courses (O,A,B,C Level)
• Correspondence courses
• Developer not limited to user (UNIX)
• Most Important Serious Thinking, Leaning
  attitude, Hard work

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Can We afford to Ignore IT ?Answer in Single
world is NOAll Jobs today need computer and
Internet knowledgeWe have to move with timeWe
will be isolated without IT