By Matters India Reporter

Patna, Sept 14, 2020: A massive foreign direct investment is coming to India in the near future and only those who can handle technology will benefit, a technology expert predicted at a webinar organized by a Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar.

“Every job now having a technology element to it, the recruiters would look for techno-functional people,” said Subhajit Bhattacharya, senior program manager -Innovation &and Strategic Programs with IT giant Accenture and founder of iTechGenic Global, a global IT startup.

As automation was taking over certain jobs, individuals would need to upskill to ensure career longevity, Bhattacharya told September 13 program on “Future Career Opportunities and Scope of Employment in the Emerging Technologies.”

Future jobs, he added, would require only people who can handle technology. “Therefore, every student and job-seeker must acquire deep knowledge of smart technologies, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, robotic process automation, internet of things, business intelligence and data science,” he explained.

Talking about the current situation, Bhattacharya said it would not last long.”So, don’t get demotivated,” he said while predicting a massive foreign direct investment in India in the near future.

“India is likely to be an epicenter for 60 percent outsourced support jobs. Work from home culture will continue and there will be huge recruitment opportunities,” he predicted.

Stating that the future could see enormous prospects for start-ups, Bhattacharya called upon the students to be “ideapreneurs and thought leaders.”

The department of computer science of St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology organized the webinar.

College principal Jesuit Father T Nishaant said technological advancement models were likely to transform employment opportunities. “Production processes, business models, service delivery mechanisms along with employment relationship and social protection framework are likely to be revisited and reconfigured,” he said.

The global narrative on the impact of the fourth industrial revolution also needed to be localized and reexamined, the Jesuit educationist asserted.

Father Joye James, secretary of the Jesuit Higher Education of Association of South Asia, college rector Jesuit Father Joseph Thadavanal and vice principal Father Martin Poras, also a Jesuit were the participants.