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Rajesh Padmanabhan, corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, Capgemini India, speaks to Ruchi Chopda on the emerging options in the field of IT Notwithstanding the growing uncertainty in developed markets, India′s changing business models and emergence of new technologies are positioning the country as a core growth market by global companies. Little wonder then, the current hiring outlook for the IT industry seems positive with the possibility of some large deals happening. Some of the important opportunities in IT are offered in the following segments:

BIG DATA Some of the significant options in the field of IT are offered by the big data segment . Big data has the potential to become a core part of companies′ analytical efforts and impact the policies and infrastructure of IT organisations. The crucial skills that professionals in this segment require include knowledge of Hadoop and Java, NoSQL, Linux, Python, Hive and Scala.

HADOOP Hadoop is the future of the cloud and its footprint in companies is likely increase. While it will be easier for companies to gather and analyse data with stress on business intelligence efforts, the challenge and opportunity will not be limited around collection of big data but the ability to translate it into strategic business decisions and demonstrate the right return on investments . This is where Hadoop experts will play a big role. Students looking at a career in this field could become hadoop developers, database administrators, software testers, product managers, hadoop professionals with operational skills, hadoop analysts, hadoop engineers, data scientists, etc.

ENTERPRISE MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Mobility is rapidly becoming one of the most important battlegrounds for business innovation. Operating models are being redrawn for consumers, employees and business partners alike. Chief information officers (CIOs) need to determine whether mobile solutions are ready for the enterprise . In the push for usability , however, ideas like reliability, security , performance and maintainability, should not be forgotten. Organisations , which are players in the field of enterprise mobile applications, should have a clear vision of a world in which every customer , worker and supplier is productive, available and engaged. This presents a wide array of opportunities such as mobile architect and senior architects for application management , enterprise architects , mobile solution architects, mobile application developer, mobile application publisher, and application testing. Over and above the relevant technical and functional know-how , one must possess analytical and logical reasoning skills to enter this industry. Lastly, no matter which field you pursue in IT as a career, the desire to succeed and learn is the fundamental requirement to do well in this industry.