Volume 1 - Issue 8 - ICTACT.IN

Cover StoryIndia will require 8 million people for IT/ITES sector. That is always a good sign.India has a chance of creating huge employabilityand now the challenge is to createthat workforce.We need to know how to leverage“Stay hungry, stay foolishand tap every opportunity”Mr.Divyanshu Verma, Engineering Manager, NetAppthe newly created technology and capitalizethe tech enabled workforce. Thefuture should be created by us and thechoice lies in our hands. The connectivityof world is also growing in a tremendousmanner. We need to learn how to do morewith less. He also mentioned about KhanAcademy and the way they have replacedclassroom education. When companiesare changing the rules and regulations toaccommodate the GenY, Why cannot theinstitution do this to make the GenY moreaccommodative he indicated. We need toencourage innovation in the minds of thenew generation. He mentioned that the expectationof the GenY is changing and weneed to adapt to the change. He said weneed to kindle the thought process of thestudents and thus 21st century will be agreat place to live. Teachers are the oneswho will build tomorrow’s nation.about the Cloud, Analytics and the othertechnology changers. He talked aboutMain Frame and Client Server Technologyand how all these technology havechanged over a period of time. He statedthat 10 years back if someone had to starta company 80% of investment was wastedin the hardware and infrastructure and thescope for other relevant thing were verymeager. But now with the advancementin cloud the cost for the hardware goesdown and can be done in comparativelyless time. Thus with great reduction incapex, Cloud Technology has changed theentire organizational setup. He explainedabout the objective of Openstack. He alsoexplained about IAAS, PAAS, SAAS. Hecalled India as a Edu Nation. Thus with theadvent of Cloud Computing each institutioncan network with other institutions andshare their resources more than lookingat each other as competitors. He finallycompleted saying “stay hungry, stayfoolish and tap every opportunity”.Mr.Kavit Munshi started with a briefing on what is cloud. With the change inthe IT landscape the IT jobs are also lookingat paradigm shift. Lot of mundane jobsare being automated but lot of other jobsare also created like Cloud and Big Data.Thus the academicians should understandhow the industry is heading towards andalso realize the next generation industryexpectation. By using cloud in an institutionevery department can run their owntechnology without more investment. Sofirst we need to train the teachers and studentsin using the Cloud Technology. Remoteclassrooms are possible nowadaysso that education can also reach the placewhere there is no development or wherethere is very less resource available. Butbefore building a Cloud Technology weneed to ask why do we need cloud. Nowa-daysdata protection is also possible andwith the reduction in deployment and thereduction in the cost the cloud computinghave become one the best technologyadvancement. These kind of technologieschange when adopted by the educationsectors can make tremendous and positivechanges in the students mindset andset a culture of innovation thus preparingthem for the next level industry demands.“Technology changes when adopted by the education sectors, canmake tremendous and positive changes in the students mindset.”Mr.Divyansu Verma started bystating the reason why everyone is talkingMr.Kavit Munshi, Chief Technical Officer, EVP Aptira26th June 2013Focused on Envisioning theFuture Technology500 Plus Participants15 renowned expert speakers13 SponsorsStudent Innovator AwardsJune 2013 | 13