Information technology is a modern phenomenon that has dramatically changed the daily lives of individuals and businesses throughout the world and has become an integral part of all major industry and economic activities. It helps companies to improve business processes, achieve cost efficiencies, drive revenue growth and maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The information technology (IT) industry has become of the most robust industries in the world. In India, the IT Industry having a volume of nearly 150USD and a contribution of nearly 10% to the GDP, has led the economic transformation of the country and altered the perception of India in the global economy .India is also gaining prominence in terms of intellectual capital with several global IT firms like Accenture (Cognizant HP ,Capgemini ,IBM Atos , Microsoft CDNS , Intel Dell International, Oracle Corporation (USA) SAP (Germany) TIBCO are setting up their innovation centres in India.



The government of India has recently announced a slew of initiatives like Digital India, Skill India and Startup India , BharatNet Project, BHIM App, - all aimed at making digital services the backbone for delivering citizen services and providing better technology enabled delivery mechanisms for a multitude of government projects . These will boost the development of the IT sector in the country significantly Moreover, the huge development of e- commerce, optical fibre& mobile network , Indian Healthcare Information Technology business, growing popularity of social media, increase in the use of analytics and cloud computing , Digital Payment Platforms such as Paytm, MobiKwik, Oxigen and the establishment of more than 4200 tech start- ups will all contribute immensely to the growth of the IT sector in India in near future.





All these factors have opened up a most exciting and rewarding career opportunities for Indian IT professionals through out the world and many of them are occupying very high positions in number of major global IT companies. The industry is the largest private sector employer in the country and employs about 10 million workforces .According to NASSCOM the Industry will recruit nearly 2,30,000 employee in 2017 and the number will increase gradually in the coming years.

Job Prospects

I: Computer System Analysts

Computer System Analysts II: Software Developer

Software Developer III: Database administrator

Database administrator IV: Networking Administrators

Networking Administrators V: Website Developer

Website Developer VI: Technical Support Associate

Technical Support Associate Eligibility : The applicant should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination under West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent Examination from a recognized University/Board in any stream with English and any one of the following subjects: Mathematics / Statistics / Business Maths/Computer Applications.