SPJIMR-Mumbai Hosts its Annual IT Conclave 'bhavITva 2007'

SPJIMR-Mumbai Hosts its Annual IT Conclave 'bhavITva 2007'

Mr. Gaurav Singh said that as Indians, there is a wider acceptance across the global IT Community. This recognition is an asset in meeting challenges while addressing newer opportunities. As a representative from NASSCOM, Mr. Gaurav also pointed out that the minimal participation of the government but appropriate support has indeed helped the growth of the Indian IT industry and it can only go up from here on.

Mr. Pradeep Udhas was optimistic that India will be able to sustain its competitive advantage even in the future. He said that in IT, requirements are not clear and so Indians will do better and will maintain the lead. He said that he was bullish about India. He also cautioned that we cannot leave education to educationists alone and there is need for collaboration with institutions and building public private partnerships as the way for the future. He also pointed out that there is a lot of potential in educational outsourcing and India had potential to become an educational hub.

Giving the entrepreneurial insight, Mr. Ajith Nagral said that both the industry and academia have to step in for the benefit of IT in the future. There is a need to learn to propel resources to attain upward movement on the value chain, and win customer confidence. He also highlighted that dispute resolution was one problem area and takes inordinate time. This issue needs to be addressed to build customer confidence.

The discussion ended with recommendations from the experts to propel IT in 2010. The panelists were unanimous in stating that the key is to create domain skills and the ability to deliver with the right tools. The emphasis for the future is in the processes and attitude building in the employees. The panelists agreed that there has to be increased corporate participation along with that from regulatory bodies like NASSCOM to address the issue of talent shortage. For India to succeed, we need to have Indian Products, and better management of cultural and operational issues, was the common opinion.

The analysts and the experts together with academicians discussed the future that lay for the IT industry in India that the promise rests very largely with Engineering and Infrastructure Services, supported by growth in Product Development and consolidation of success of KPM. All in all an event that brought together the best of the IT discussing what is best for the IT, leaving the audience spell-bound and asking for more.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
PRCOM 2006,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.

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