To put things in perspective, the 2010-2020 decade has witnessed a massive digital transformation; India has emerged as a powerful force to reckon with in terms of digital services. So much so, that even the pandemic’s impact was somewhat negligible and could not stagger progress. A case in point is the tech industry, which ended the fiscal year 2021 with success. “We massively increased jobs and strengthened our startup ecosystem. The IT industry is projected to add $30bn to last year’s revenue. IT accounts for 51 per cent of India’s service exports,” said Rekha M Menon, chairperson at NASSCOM and chairperson and senior managing director at Accenture, India, at the 30th Edition of the NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Forum 2022.
The IT industry created an additional 450,000 jobs last year, of which 45 per cent are represented by women. India is home to over 25,000 tech startups. Now we move to the next level: the pandemic has fast tracked techade, and...