IT Education in India | CVRU Bihar

by Tina Singh Professional Content Writer

In the past two decades, India has emerged as an ideal location to set up an IT services business and a market that offers highly qualified personnel with degrees like BCA, MCA, and B. Tech IT & CS to be its part. With an aggregated US$160 billion in revenues in 2017, the IT industry in India has shown tremendous potential for growth in the upcoming years as well.

The Information Technology sector is the fastest-growing service-based industry and has been continuously changing the business standards of India. IT Industry has major 2 components:

IT Services
Business Process Outsourcing

The inception of the IT Sector in India dates back to 1967 in Mumbai with the establishment of TATA Group in collaboration with Burroughs. It grew gradually and in 1991 when new economic reform, LPG (Liberalisation Privatisation Globalisation) was introduced, many new IT Companies came in and BCA Colleges were established. This lead to the evolution of IT Hubs like Bangalore also known as Silicon Valley of India, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune & Kochi. Now, the IT sector contributes 7.7% to India’s Gross Domestic Production and has the potential to reach 10% by 2025.

The IT sector has given a lot of job opportunities in India. Around 11.45 million people are employed in the IT Sector. If you want to enter the IT Sector, there are the following programs that you can go for:

Bachelor in Computer Application

It is an undergraduate course. The eligibility required for admission in BCA colleges is, you need to pass 10+2 from a recognized board, any stream but with English.

The duration of the course is 3 years divided into 6 semesters. With this degree, you can get recruited in IT and Software Companies.

Master in Computer Application

It is 3 years long post-graduation program that one can pursue after 10+12 and graduation in BCA/BSc/ BCom/BA. The program includes topics like statistics, cloud computing, mobile technologies, financial accounting, network and database management, mathematics, electronics, Java programming, etc.

The career options for an MCA are App Developer, Project Manager, Ethical Hacker, Mobile Developer, Web Developer, Software Consultant, Trouble Shooter, etc.

B.Tech Information Technology

It is a 4 years undergraduate program. The eligibility required is that one needs to pass 10+2 from a recognized board. It’s quite different from computer science because it has fewer maths and focuses on information science & management.

B.Tech Computer Science

It is a 4 years undergraduate course, one can apply for after 10+2. The admission process for this course is through entrance exams like JEE, CUSATCAT, TANCET, SET, etc. Career options with this degree are System Analyst, Testing Engineer, Software Engineer, and Technical Support.

Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Application

It is 1 year-long professional course that one can do after formal education of 10, +2 and 4 years graduation/ PG. Students with this degree can get hired as Programmer, Tech Consultant, Web Designer, Oracle Developer, Graphic Designer, Software Designer, etc.

If you are looking forward to pursuing Computers Education in Bihar, you can go for Dr. CV Raman University, Vaishali, Bihar. It is among the well know BCA college in Bihar. This University is the 1st skill-based university in Bihar that provides vocational courses to students for their all-inclusive development and makes them ready to enter the industry.