The IT/ITES industry is one of the largest employers in India. Not only the industry offers numerous jobs but also tries to follow diverse employment practices and encourages people with different skill sets, gander, abilities, and qualification to work together. IT/ITES industry in India has created employment opportunities in smaller/ non-metro cities giving a student a chance to enter this field. Nearly 33-50% employees of large IT/ITES firms belong to non-metro areas.

IT/ITES industry also encourages differently abled people by employing and training them. ITES industry provides an opportunity to non-technical and less qualified people to enter this field. In addition, this field has helped and is still focusing on women empowerment. The increasing trend of number of women getting employed in this sector exhibits that this sector offers equal opportunities and benefits to women.

Indian IT/ITES job market has a very high growth rate. This growth has impacted the overall employment ratio resulting in doubling the employment every year. The number of people employed in IT/ITES sector has increased significantly from 670,000 to 2,572,000 from 2003 to 2010 as per NASSCOM 2011 report. This sector is expected to grow even more in the coming years.

Key players in IT/ITES Industry in India:

1. Infosys
2. Wipro
3. TCS
4. Oracle
5. Dell
6. IBM
7. Microsoft
8. Accenture
9. Cognizant
10. Yahoo
11. Google

Problems faced by IT/ITES Industry:

Even tough demand of engineers is higher than other graduates in India, The IT/ITES industry is at times unable to hire talented peoples. Many engineering graduates do not have in-depth knowledge of the IT field and are unable to meet the industry standards. Sometimes they lack skills such as “Good Communication” and “Soft Skills”.

IT/ITES Industry in India has a booming growth, and more and more youngsters are attracted towards this field.