Information Technology in India

1. Welcome
To the Journey of Presentations
Presentation on-
Information Technology Sector
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2. Contents
Introduction
History of Information
Technology
Present Role of
IT/Contribution in Advantages &
GDP. Disadvantages of IT
Why do you need an Government’s Role in
IT department? IT
Major Indian IT Player
Gist 2

3. Introduction
Information Information Technology (IT), as
defined by the Information
Technology (IT) is a Technology Association of
America (ITAA), is quot;the
general term that study, design, development, imple
describes any mentation, support or management
of computer-based information
technology that helps systems, particularly software
to applications and computer
hardware.quot; IT deals with the use of
produce, manipulate, electronic computers and computer
software to
store, communicate, a convert, store, protect, process, tra
nd/or disseminate nsmit, and securely retrieve
information.
information.
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4. History of Indian IT Sector
 Four basic periods
Characterized by a principal technology used
to solve the input, processing, output and
communication problems of the time:
 Premechanical,
 Mechanical,
 Electromechanical, and
 Electronic
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5. The Premechanical Age:
3000 B.C. - 1450 A.D.
 Writing and Alphabets--
communication.
 Paper and Pens--input
technologies.
 Books and Libraries:
Permanent Storage
Devices.
 The First Numbering
Systems.
 The First Calculators: The
Abacus.
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6. The Mechanical Age: 1450 - 1840
The First Information
Explosion.
The first general
purpose quot;computers“
Slide Rules, the
Pascaline and
Leibniz's Machine.
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7. The Electromechanical Age:
1840 - 1940.
 The Beginnings of
Telecommunication.
 Voltaic Battery
 Telegraph
 Morse Code
 Telephone and
Radio
 Electromechanical
Computing
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8. The Electronic Age: 1940 - Present
 e-Chaupal
 e-Marketing
 e-Commerce
 e-Learning
 e-Health Care
 BPO’s
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9. Dominant IT Services
 Custom Application
Development and
Maintenance (CADM)
 System Integration
 IT Consulting
 Application Management
 Infrastructure Management
Services
 Software Testing
 Service-Oriented
Architecture
 Web Services
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10. Future of IT Industry
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. 10

11. Career Opportunity in IT
 Software Engineers
 Web Developers
 System Analysts
 Consultants
 Technical Writers
 E-Commerce
 Knowledge
Engineers
 Web Masters
 Networking
 Computer Education
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12. IT: One of the Fastest Growing Sector
in India
Revenues (USD Bn.)
• Revenues ~ USD 36 billion (2006
Est.)
CAGR - 30%
• CAGR (FY 2004-06) - 30 %
• Contribution to GDP up from 2%
in 2000 to 5% in 2006
• Exports ~ USD 23.5 billion (2006 Est.)
Est(
• CAGR (FY 2004-06) - 35 %
• Has nearly doubled in last three
Exports (USD Bn.) years
CAGR - 35% • 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
Est(
3 years
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13. India’s IT exports to touch
US$ 60 billion by 2010
• Global IT-ITES • Exports Contribute
spending to cross USD Nearly 65 % of IT
1198 billion by 2010 Sector Revenue.
• India expected to be
well on track to achieve
USD 60 billion by 2010.
Source: Nasscom. The IT Industry in India -
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Strategic Review

14. Major IT Player
Advantage India and business opportunities
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15. ISRO Uplink/
Downlink
Satellite
Web based
interactive Internet Data
portal Generators
National Level Hub (MSSRF) & Providers
Data Managers (both connectivity and content)
Block level hubs
Village Resource Centre Hub and Spokes Model
(VRC)
Information Users (Rural
families)
Village Knowledge Centres 15
(VKC)

16. 14th May 2008 Devesh & Ghanshyam 16