Career Opportunities in IT Presented By Dr G P S Raghava, Scientist Head, Bioinformatic Centre IMTECH, Chandigarh Web:

What is IT ? Media Hype & Confusion Application of IT in Real Life Demand of IT Professionals How to Enter in IT Can We afford to Ignore It ?

What is IT –Computer+Communication+Information –Importance of Information in Life –Access and Management of Data –e-Bussiness/Software development –Role of Internet in IT –Online Documentation – , Web, TELNET, FTP etc.

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

Application of IT in Real Life n Communication (INTERNET,Mobile) n Education (Distance Learning, Video) n Software Development n Database Management n Bioinformatics n Genomics (Human Genome) n Drug/Vaccine design

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 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 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!!! That Means we have only about 1% of the business!!!

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  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

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.

Nasscom Report – Feb 2001  Japan expects to be short by over 1 million IT engineers over the next five years.  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 & respectively) – Giles Clarke, CEO of Stepstone, an online recruiting service provider

n The software market grew by over 45% (from Rs. 4,950 crore in to Rs. 7,200 crore in ) C.A.G.R. 46.8% n It is expected to gross Rs. 9,500 crore in n 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. n The IT enabled services sector surpassed all expectation by showing a record growth of over 70% to Rs.4100 Crores in NASSCOM REPORT Indian Scenario

NASSCOM REPORT

Job Opportunities in IT Software Development Software Development Network admin Network admin Database admin Database admin Hardware Engineering Hardware Engineering Sales & Marketing Sales & Marketing Customer Support Customer Support Technical Writing Technical Writing Multimedia Web design/development IT Enabled Services : –Medical transcription –Legal Transcription –Call centres

Where do you use IT? Medicine Medicine Engineering Engineering Architecture Architecture Finance Finance Management Management Marketing Marketing Hotel Management Hotel Management Travel and Tourism Travel and Tourism Interior Design Interior Design

Industry Sectors FMCGAutomobiles Communication & Entertainment TextilesInsuranceMedicineBankingTelecomAviation

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

Insurance All records computerised All records computerised Hotel Industry Booking systems Booking systems Knowledge Repository Knowledge Repository Public Service and Utilities Industries and Application Areas

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

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

Bioinformatics at IMT, Chandigarh n Mirror Sites ( n Public Domain Resources in Biology ( n IMTECH Library on Internet (/lib/) n Concept of vaccine design n Protein Structure Prediction (Olympic-2000) n Gene Prediction n Software for general use –GNU software –SUN Freeware –PostgreSQL n Site: http//:imtech.res.in/raghava/

Industry Expectations BROADER ATTRIBUTES : BROADER ATTRIBUTES : n Strategic thinking n Learning abilities n Risk taking abilities n Broad based Expertise n New ideas & creativity

How to Enter in IT ? n Degree in IT or Computers n Training Courses n RCC courses, CEDT Mohali, APTECH etc. n Qualify DOE courses (O,A,B,C Lavel) n Correspondence courses n Developer not limited to user (UNIX) n Most Important: Serious Thinking, Leannning attitude, Hardwork

Can We afford to Ignore IT ? Answer in Single world is NO All Jobs today need computer and Internet knowledge We have to move with time We will be isolated without IT