Karnik for “sustainability” of IT growth

Karnik for “sustainability” of IT growth

Sanket Upadhyay

It is nice to pat our backs for what we have already achieved in Information Technology (IT). What’s important from here on is the sustainability of the present standard and its future growth.

President NASSCOM Kiran Karnik, who was in Jaipur on the inauguration ceremony of the Laxmi Niwas Mittal Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT) on Sunday, said that “sustainability” of growth, was India’s challenge ahead.

Karnik welcomed the change in world perception towards an Indian IT mind terming it as “pleasant”. “Earlier, the world thought of India as a cheap market – in terms of money as well as quality. It is not the case now,” he said adding that Indian standards are now a benchmark of quality – a sizable achievement over a decade of IT boom.

He emphasised on a planned way to sustain this growth. “We have to maintain edge on skills. Government’s decision-making mechanism should be fast. This is where China scores ahead as they have capitalised well here. Quality of education should be better than the best,” he said.

He said the ultimate goal would be “innovative thinking and fresh ideas” terming it as India’s USP. “IT will achieve more respect in concrete terms. India is already the gold standard.

Karnik defended the BPO sector saying that the units here are equally important. “It’s a great industry. It provides job opportunities to so many young unemployed.” He however added that Indians had to take IT “forward” from here.

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