GUEST OF HONOUR

1. Ms. RitikaRohtagi (TCS) consultant presales and solutions.

2. Mr. AshimMathur (Microsoft) Director marketing

3. Mr. Deepak Garg (Adobe) Group program manager

Mr. AshimMathur Discussion.

Mr. Ashim Mathur has been involved in the entertainment wing. Hhe believes that entertainment has had a hyper shift with technology. Information should be gathered and kept safe, all the products from Microsoft are based on perfect customer requirement, we want to integrate a feeling, that is the silver lining of Microsoft. Xbox can become the center of life, that is the power of technology, a small box which can perform uploading, music streaming, gamming, online cooperative playing. The central topic is MS office 2010, one box which is applicable for 3 people, power point, excel are more dominant in office 2010. One of the major problems faced by the company today is piracy.

Central part of his discussion was what will be the role of MBA s in IT industries, and what should be the target companies. Understanding the customer and making the required products is very important right now. A way to simplify or automate things in industry is the meaning of IT solutions, you should be very keen in observation, every small detail counts, and CRM is all about keeping track of all these things, solutions will come automatically. Understand requirements, what needs are you addressing, as far as HR is mainly comprised with recruitment, relations and training. Business analyst is a person who helps in product marketing, product manager is the who defines road map of a product , how the processes can be more effective, program management is a role in which end to end delivery is carried out, internally he will be coordinating with all the teams, its his duty to see work is done on time, strong technical background recommended, understand product life cycle, Project management professional course, should maintain public relations, god communication skills, work with lot of people, well organized, what kind of company you r interested in , what domain you choose should be clear.

Ms. Ritika Rohtagi Discussion.

IT is one reason why India is put on a global role, It market is 700 Billion $, e governance in India is 40000 crores, Us is having maximum market share, questioned students what profiles they are expecting after MBA, Social networking has changed the scenario of IT, it flattened the industry, she emphasized on YouTube, Wikipedia, Facebook. Organizations are collaborating with each other colleges, industry, financial institutions this is one way of finding problems, and network delivery model companies are having solution centers are spread across the world, recruiting the local people particularly TCS is following this model. India, china, Thailand and Mexico are new development centers. India is booming the position. In India wages will increase and cost effectiveness. TCS is having more clients from fortune 500 companies, application development is becoming crucial now a days, situation is like you pay to get the solutions instead of developing situations, all the applications are ready made just like projects, companies are giving development platforms instead of services, cloud computing comes into play here. You can develop your own application and sell them in social a network that’s the situation now. Only 40% projects are being completed on time companies should pay more attention on that problem. What is the outlook of the governments are looking out of information projects.

E governance is having 28 projects that are going to help the country a lot; India portal is coming a place for all Indian ministries, immigration, ministry of corporate governance, panchayats, etc….

In handling government projects the companies have to invest a lot which is a high level of risk the payment is going to come late, so IT companies are outsourcing the work to reduce the risk levels. It partner contract where other person shares the risk in the projects, in these models the risk and responsibility of the client is low.

Questionnaire: The questions which were put up by the students

1. What is the work culture or environment that is prevailing in an IT company?

2. What role can a person from Finance can have in an IT industry?

3. How do you attract customers in the IT industry for your product, when there are many alternatives available for a customer?

4. How to shape up career in an IT industry?

5. How to look for and reach one’s dream company?

6. What impact the international certification programs will have in one’s career as a fresh MBA graduate, is IT background required to do them?

7. E wastes! How are the IT companies handling such issues?

8. What is cloud computing and what is its functionality?

9. TCS is dealing good projects for government and big corporate, is there any chance for TCS to work out projects for middle scale companies?

End of the questionnaire session

Mementos were presented to the honored guests, vote of thanks was conveyed by our respected Faculty Coordinator, Ms. Anita Venaik, IT – CLUB.

End of the session

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IT CLUB @ ABS

Monday, September 13, 2010

Minutes of meeting (09/09/2010)