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Presentation on-
Information Technology Sector
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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

Introduction
Information Information Technology (IT), as
defined by the Information
Technology (IT) is a Technology Association of
America (ITAA), is \"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.\" 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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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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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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The Mechanical Age: 1450 - 1840
The First Information
Explosion.
The first general
purpose \"computers“
Slide Rules, the
Pascaline and
Leibniz's Machine.
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The Electromechanical Age:
1840 - 1940.
 The Beginnings of
Telecommunication.
 Voltaic Battery
 Telegraph
 Morse Code
 Telephone and
Radio
 Electromechanical
Computing
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The Electronic Age: 1940 - Present
 e-Chaupal
 e-Marketing
 e-Commerce
 e-Learning
 e-Health Care
 BPO’s
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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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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

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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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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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

Major IT Player
Advantage India and business opportunities
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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)

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