Information Technology (IT) and related industries are one of the most Green, Clean and Intellectual industries in the world ideally suited for a place like Goa and it’s highly creative, passionate, literate and, environmentally and identity conscious people. It presents an exciting opportunity of wide array of modern employment opportunities to our youth right at their doorsteps in any corner of Goa, even without the need for expensive education and fancy qualifications.

As seen in other successful Indian IT hubs like Bangalore, by its very people-centric nature, the IT industry creates an complete ecosystem of high-paying jobs not just for engineers and educated folks but also for the blue-collar segment through its need for accommodation, house-keeping, transportation, catering, restaurants and the full gamut of amenities and support services. This will offer the entire strata of the Goan society better employment as compared to Mining, Tourism and Government which have been the mainstays of local employment so far in Goa.

The IT world is highly mobile with professionals travelling to client locations abroad and clients visiting the IT companies’ development centres in India. This is necessitated by the need for in-person activities like meetings, trainings, requirement gathering, solution design, management reviews, audits, solution installation and deployment, critical production support, consulting etc. As a result Goa will see a much higher quality inflow of high-spending tourists compared to the current dismal situation wherein even the regular tourist inflow has been on a serious decline in recent years.

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