Terming transport as a mother sector which was hugely affected by Covid pandemic, Electronic and IT Secretary Manoj Kumar Mishra said the sector unlocks many opportunities for MSMEs of the State to work on innovation.
“Transport sector has great impact on other sectors also. If there is no transport, then there is no tourism. We have to look at other derived industries for innovations,” he said.
Addressing the E-conference on Information Technology (IT-Post Pandemic-Opportunities and Challenges) organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in association with the State Department of Electronics and Information Technology here through virtual mode, he said, “The MSMEs have to look at those sectors that changed drastically due to changes in transport sector and accordingly they have to innovate products and services to solve new kinds of problem of these sectors.”
Director, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Government of India Manas Panda opined, “Due to pandemic whole world will adopt IT system and India will be a natural choice for all of them. Due to this Indian IT industry will see double digit growth in coming years.”
The New Education Policy of 2020 focuses on technology based learning. So it will also create a lot of opportunities for edu-tech sector.
Work from Home is a new phenomenon. Much innovation goes to happen in this sector, he added. ICC Odisha State Council chairman JB Pany said, “Due to the pandemic, the IT sector has become stronger than earlier. Today IT becomes a necessity now because of emergence of digital payment. Post pandemic further integration, digitisation and optimisation will happen in IT sector.”
Mentor, IT Committee, ICC Odisha State Council and CEO, Cozentus Technologies Pvt Ltd Devesh Sinha said, “In the redefined business model, Information Technology is playing a pivotal role, be it in the governance, healthcare, education, BFSI or for that matter even small Kirana shop at the corner. Our world never looked flatter than this before, thanks to the innovation in the Information Technology.”
Convenor, IT Committee, ICC Odisha State Council Abanis Nayak proposed the vote of thanks.