1. WELCOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DAMIAN CONSTANTIN UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI, ROMANIA

2.  Introduction  History of Information Technology  Present Role of IT/Contribution in GDP.  Why do you need an IT department?  Advantages & Disadvantages of IT  Government’s Role in IT  Major Indian IT Player  Gist Content

3. Information Technology (IT) is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information. Information Technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information. Introduction https://blog.udemy.com/introduction-to-information-technology/

4.  Writing and Alphabets-- communication.  Paper and Pens--input technologies.  Books and Libraries: Permanent Storage Devices.  The First Numbering Systems.  The First Calculators: The Abacus. The Premechanical Age: 3000 B.C. - 1450 A.D. http://www.tcf.ua.edu/AZ/ITHistoryOutline.htm

5.  The First Information Explosion.  The first general purpose "computers“  Slide Rules, the Pascaline and Leibniz's Machine. The Mechanical Age: 1450 - 1840 http://www.doctordi.ca/GNST341/JAN13B.html

6.  The Beginnings of Telecommunication.  Voltaic Battery  Telegraph  Morse Code  Telephone and Radio  Electromechanical Computing The Electromechanical Age: 1840 - 1940. http://openbookproject.net/courses/intro2ict/history/history.html

7.  e-Chaupal  e-Marketing  e-Commerce  e-Learning  e-Health Care  BPO’s The Electronic Age: 1940 - Present https://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/mres-wef.pdf

8.  Custom Application Development and Maintenance (CADM)  System Integration  IT Consulting  Application Management  Infrastructure Management Services  Software Testing  Service-Oriented Architecture  Web Services Dominant IT Services https://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/mres-wef.pdf

9.  Expected 33% growth rate in FY2008 to reach US$ 45 billion.  Govt. expects the export turn over to touch US$ 80 billion by 2011, with growing at an annual rate of 30 % per year.  McKinsey believes revenues from IT Industry will reach $87bn by 2008. Future of IT Industry http://www.indiaeducation.net/about-computers-it/the-future-scope-of-the-it-industry-in-india.html

10.  Software Engineers  Web Developers  System Analysts  Consultants  Technical Writers  E-Commerce  Knowledge Engineers  Web Masters  Networking  Computer Education Career Opportunity in IT http://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/jobs-opportunities

11. IT: ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SECTOR Revenues ~ USD 36 billion (2006 Est.) CAGR (FY 2004-06) - 30 % Contribution to GDP up from 2% in 2000 to 5% in 2006 Exports ~ USD 23.5 billion (2006 Est.) CAGR (FY 2004-06) - 35 % Has nearly doubled in last three years Domestic Market - USD 13 billion (2006 Est.) CAGR (FY 2004-06) - 22% Buoyed by an economy growing at nearly 8% per annum over the last 3 years CAGR - 30% CAGR - 35% http://www.cbi.org.uk/business-issues/creative-industries/

12. Global IT-ITES spending to cross USD 1198 billion by 2010 Europe expected to be well on track to achieve USD 60 billion by 2010. Exports Contribute Nearly 65 % of IT Sector Revenue. Europe IT exports to touch US$ 60 billion by 2010 https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/europe/european-union

13. National Level Hub (MSSRF) Data Managers (both connectivity and content) Data Generators & Providers Information Users (Rural families) Village Knowledge Centres (VKC) Block level hubs Village Resource Centre (VRC) ISRO Uplink/ Downlink Satellite Web based interactive portal Internet Hub and Spokes Model http://www.majorcities.eu/

14. 14 Thank you!