Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
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A whopping Rs 25,000 crore worth of export has been done by the Tamil Nadu IT sector in the last 2 quarters.

Even in the corona crisis, where the whole nation was suffering, Tamil Nadu’s IT industry has done a commendable job.

“I am very glad to inform you that we have shown Rs. 25,000 crore exports in the last 2 quarters of this financial year which is actually more than last year’s exports during these two quarters,” said. Sanjay Tyagi, Director, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).

The state will host the CONNECT 2020, which will be the 19th edition of the premier annual conference and exhibition on Information and Communication Technology.

The five-day virtual conference is organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), jointly with the Government of Tamil Nadu and co-hosted by STPI – Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Government of India.

The event will be held between 15th-19th September. The theme is ‘Technology as an enabler for getting back growth”.

This event mainly focuses on how the ICT sector in the state can be improved,what are the future plans and how are the current ventures going on. We all know how unemployment has struck the nation. Unemployment is at its peak. Regarding that Mr. Verma (Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology Department, Government of Tamil Nadu) said

“Once we have the bandwidth through the Bharat Net project, we will have all the 17,000 villages with broadband connectivity and infrastructure. We have the talent also so we must create meaningful and sustainable jobs at the village level,”

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Mr. Tyagi also said about how the current Manufacturing rate is growing due to the Manufacturing Policy in Tamil Nadu.

“The government of Tamil Nadu has come up with Electronics Hardware Manufacturing Policy 2020 to increase the state’s electronic output to $100 billion. This conference cannot be more timely. It will bring in more focus to the manufacturing sector which is already growing in the state,” Tyagi said.

He feels that the quality of current manpower in the IT and ITes sectors will give Tamil Nadu an edge over others. He also stated the necessity of why stakeholders must come together for the good of the IT, ITes, electronics manufacturing in Tamil Nadu.

Suresh Raman, Chairman, CII Connect 2020, and Head of Chennai Operations, Tata Consultancy Services made a presentation highlighting the key features of the five-day virtual conference.

By Iyush

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