Mayank Kumar, UpGrad CEO and Co-Founder, recently delivered a TedX talk in Bangalore. He made this presentation to highlight the making of India's Silicon Valley - Bangalore. How there is a lot of gloom that has been spread around jobs being lost due to technology and automation, especially IT jobs. But the narrative needs to change so that people are also optimistic about the new types of jobs coming up and emerging areas of technology. We need to take charge of our careers, now.

1. MAKING OF THE SILICON VALLEY
OF INDIA
AGE OF INDIAN IT THE GLOBAL ERA TIMES OF STARTUPS
1999 2010 2017

2. FOURTH INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
THE WAVE OF AUTOMATION
The IT sector is unable to catch up with the rapid change in digital technologies
Economic Impact
In 2015-16, Karnataka’s revenue from
exports of electronics, IT software and
BT fell by 65% from 2014-15
(source: )
Labour & Wage Impact
In 2015-17, over 30,000 IT employees laid off
by giants like WIPRO, Infosys, TCS, and
even start-ups like Flipkart

3. TCS layoffs gives jitters to
staff
Sunday 23 April 2017
News Updated at 5:37 PM IST
N V Vijayakumar, Bengaluru, Jan 0:53 IST
IT companies claim that layoffs are a
part of the organisation’s technology
transformations to keep up with
changing business needs
Downsizing: eBay slashes workforce
in Bengaluru development centre
Updated: Mar 22, 2017 16:07 IST
Cognizant layoffs: Gloom continues, jobs in
tech and IT companies dry up
Business
IBM to cut 15,000 jobs globally,
layoffs start from Bangalore
BUSINESS
NEW DELHI Updated: Mar 18, 2016 08:13 IST

4. In Indian IT Industry, revenue from
Digital Technology projects are
growing 7x faster than that
from traditional projects
$118B
$100B
0
2014 2020
DIGITAL
TECH
DIGITAL
TECH
TRADITIONAL
TECH
TRADITIONAL
TECH
$200B
$300B
$47B
$60B $225B
INDIAN IT/ITES REVENUE, (IN $US B)
KEY TALENT ENABLERS
Re-skilling of existing
IT employees on Digital Tech
Skilling of new employees
in IT industry by 2025
2M
1.5M

5. CHANGING ROLES
IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Manage operations of IT systems
Define the architecture of IT systems
Design UI for web applications
Improve user experience through design thinking
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR SYSTEM & NETWORK ARCHITECT
WEB DESIGNER USER EXPERIENCE GURU
Ensure uptime performance & security
Optimise the overall design to ensure all user needs are met
Responsible for overall look & feel of the website
Focus heavily on user research to identify user needs

6. Responsible for scheduling software support &
workload balance of servers
Have a deep understanding of business as well as data
Responsible for Project Lifecycle
Manages processes and resources
DATA CENTRE SPECIALISTS INFORMATION INSIGHT ENABLER
PROJECT MANAGER PRODUCT MANAGER
CHANGING ROLES
IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Provide technical support to operators,
accounting & other groups
Help business leaders & other employees
derive insights from reports
Responsible for user research and wireframing
Involved in product scaling

7. DATA
SCIENTIST
MOBILE APP
DEVELOPER
COMPLIANCE
OFFICER
SOCIAL MEDIA
ARCHITECT
EMERGING ROLES
IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CLOUD
INTEGRATION
SPECIALIST

8. BUT, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMATION
IS NOT HAPPENING
FAST ENOUGH
India is now faced with the challenge
to upskill over 3 million people
65%of IT employees not retrainable
(Times of India)
80%of engineering graduates are
unemployable (National
Employability Report)

9. THE KEY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS
UNLEARN & LEARN
TO STAY RELEVANT

10. The IT sector needs to invest in
up-skilling and getting job-ready.
Free & paid learning programs
Webinars with Industry Experts
Youtube tutorials & blogs
Communities & discussion forums
ONLINE MEANS
Weekend programs
Late-night classes
Crash courses & bootcamps
University Programs
OFFLINE MEANS

11. TAKE CHARGE
OF YOUR CAREER