India Requires 2.3Mn People For IT Sector By 2010: Nasscom

Mangalore: The country requires 2.3 million people in IT (information technology) and ITES (IT enabled services) sectors by 2010, according Nasscom. At the valedictory of ‘Finishing School’ for engineering students, conducted by the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), in Mangalore, on July 12, it said that the country has been able to produce 1.6 million employable people for these sectors. The country will need 11 million people for IT and ITES sectors by 2020. These sectors require people with communication skills and problem-solving skills. The candidates who appeared for Finishing School will have an opportunity to do NAC-Tech (Nasscom Assessment of Competence-Tech) an employment benchmarking test followed by a job fair. The school was conducted for eight weeks during May and June this year, and 56 students appeared for the school.