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IT needs attention

3 April 2006, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Mithilesh Kumar Singh, On e-mail
3 April 2006, 18:00 PM
The IT industry is evolving very fast and gradually spreading to every nook and cranny of Bangladesh. The process of spreading IT awareness and introducing our professionals to the advanced part of this wonderful technology might have taken a bit time, compared to the neighbouring countries, or the countries which claim to be far ahead in this regard, but the good news lies in the fact that the wonder of this technology has already been tested by our industries and, in this way, the enthusiasm about IT has increased dramatically in Bangladesh. In fact, even the mushrooming cottage industry in our country has become responsive when it comes to buying software for managing their offices more efficiently. Consequently, the demand of the professionals is shooting up.

The world has marched ahead from the beginning, whereas we are still trying to make the mark in this area. The yawning technological gap between Bangladesh and other countries has further widened.

In the past few years, I have noticed that we have an abundance of IT professionals but we are still lagging behind other countries; the reasons might be numerous, the foremost being the IT Infrastructure, of course. Thus, sensing the urgency of the subject the IDB-BISEW has taken the initiative in this regard and has created a pool of skilled manpower that this country was lacking. Here, I would like to draw your attention to the word 'skilled'.

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The noble effort of IDB-BISEW is instrumental and has been hailed with lot of appreciation by the industry itself. But a single effort is not enough; building a nation requires collective efforts. This industry has great potential but it needs basic infrastructure to excel further.