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

1. Career Opportunities in IT Presented By Dr G P S Raghava, Scientist Head, Bioinformatic Centre IMTECH, Chandigarh Email: raghava@imtech.res.in Web: http://imtech.res.in/raghava/

2. What is IT ?Media Hype & ConfusionApplication of IT in Real LifeDemand of IT ProfessionalsHow to Enter in ITCan We afford to Ignore It ?

3. 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 • Email, Web, TELNET, FTP etc.

5. 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

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

7. 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!!!

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. NASSCOM REPORT

13. NASSCOM REPORT

14. 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 Job Opportunities in IT

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

16. Industry Sectors FMCG Automobiles Communication & Entertainment Textiles Insurance Medicine Banking Telecom Aviation

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

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

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

20. 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

21. Bioinformatics at IMT, Chandigarhhttp://imtech.res.in/bic/ http://imtech.res.in/ • Mirror Sites (http://www.imtech.res.in/mirror_sites/) • 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

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

23. 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 Lavel) • Correspondence courses • Developer not limited to user (UNIX) • Most Important: Serious Thinking, Leannning attitude, Hardwork

24. 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

25. ARE YOU WITH “IT” ???