IT layoffs: Techies needn't worry, other sectors have jobs for them

Nasscom chief says technology has created enough employment for them outside the IT sector

This article first appearedon Business Standard on July 22, 2017

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Nasscom, the apex body of information technology (IT) companies in India, has said while per capita employment in the IT sector is declining, the employment opportunity outside the sector is increasing.

The industry body plans to research on the impact of technology in other areas, said Nasscom President R Chandrasekhar.

Due to automation and other technology, per capita employment is gradually declining in the IT sector, and also in absolute terms the total quantum of employment in the sector is down from its peak of 240,000 people on a