Indian IT sector News
India is a great place for innovation and there is a lot of opportunity for Indian firms and start-ups to work with Microsoft and develop cloud-based tools and platforms for a global marketplace, according to a senior official of the software giant.
The H1B issue not just affects the Indian IT sector but also Chinese students studying in the US, hence, Beijing supports India's stance, the article said.
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday dismissed as "completely wrong" the reports of a downturn in the Indian IT sector and said a good number of people will get jobs in the current fiscal.
Stating that the reports of mass layoffs were incorrect, it said workforce realignment, linked to performance appraisal processes, is a regular feature every year.
Indian IT sector is already quaking with fear at potential changes to the US immigration norms with the largest recruiters at B-schools cutting down their hiring.
The exact nature and extent of the impact - if "Brexit" happens - will emerge over a longer period of two years or more.
Jobs in the Indian IT sector are likely to remain stable at least till 2020 as per a report from World Economic Forum, Parliament was informed on Friday.
These IT innovations are never named because of the confidentiality clause with customers.
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