MCA: Opening Doors For A Global Career In IT

Starting with the promising BPO (business process outsourcing) and KPO (knowledge process outsourcing) sectors, the industry has reached new heights with the introduction of PPO (People to people Outsourcing). IT industry is back on track and growing.

Stats say it all
McKinsey conducted a study that revealed a substantial growth in IT businesses in India. It further predicted for 2008 that India's IT business revenue will cross US $85 billion. More than 2 million new jobs will be created out of this and Indian companies will observe their market capitalisation to reach a magical figure of US$ 225 billion. The proliferating impact of the future scenario can be inferred from the fact that one job in IT creates five more jobs in the businesses that rely on IT software and hardware.

Masters in computer applications (MCA) -- The key
For entry into the IT industry, companies looked for graduates in engineering or post graduates in computer science. Graduates in other streams who wanted to hop on to the IT bandwagon but could not do engineering also had a chance to become software professionals by joining a 3-year post graduate MCA (Master of Computer Applications) programme, after completing graduation in any discipline with Mathematics as a subject at Class XII level.

The MCA is a 3-year full-time degree course consisting of six semesters. It covers various aspects of computing, accounting, finance, programming, design and managing networks and databases.

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