INTRODUCTION :
Information technology is growing rapidly. Increasing applications of computers in almost all areas of human endeavor has led to a vibrant computer software industry with concurrent rapid change in technology. Information technology now is being considered as fifth need of human beings after air, water, food and shelter.

Information technology is a generic term which encompasses all activities connected with computer based acquisition, storage, transmission, retrieval and processing of information to support the communication of knowledge in technical economic and social fields. It includes computers, consumer electronics, electronics mass media, satellite telecommunication and reprography. It is an enabling technology, it has already contributed in the economic and social development by introducing e-banking, e-governance, ATM facilities, computerized reservation in railways, buses and airlines, networking of libraries databases, simulation of real life situations, modeling, etc. There are many IT enabled business like call centers, medical transcription, back office operations, insurance claims processing maintenance of legal databases etc., which have origin in US but have been diverted by the big business houses to India, because of availability of trained manpower and low cost of operations.

OBJECTIVES:
1. To provide trained manpower for consumption in IT sector and IT enabled services.
2. To provide skill sets in core competencies of Information Technology like programming in single user and multi-user environments, Networking, Database designing and use of communication technologies etc.
3. To provide skills in developing application or software for which no prior computer based solutions exist.

JOB POSITIONS:

The diploma pass-outs fits into variety of jobs in IT sector and IT enabled services. The scope of employment is so wide that it is difficult to enumerate all the positions which may be available to a diploma IT pass out, however some of them are listed below:
1. Programmer
2. Network Supervisor
3. Assistant to Database Administrator
4. E-Commerce supervisor
5. Web programmer/ application developer
6. Teacher/Trainer
7. Salesman for IT products.

IT sector offers tremendous opportunities of self-employment with incredibly small investments. Venture capitalists are pouring money at a fast pace in innovative ideas and there are many success stories of IT entrepreneurs, who started from scratch and have created big companies.
Some of the areas of self-employment may be:
1. Software developer
2. ISP provider
3. Training institute
4. E-Business
5. Web design and hosting
6. Video conferencing business.