Dear Aspirant,

The first step towards your career in IT would to be having a strong foundation of Science and Maths in your high school followed by B.E/B.Tech. You can also choose to pursue masters by choosing M.Tech/MCA/M.SC in Computer Science. It is no undeniable fact that the IT industry is responsible for the rapid growth of the Internet and e-commerce, decline in hardware prices that enables more businesses to upgrade their technology. Cyber crime has turned out to be so sophisticated that the IT industry has paved the way for security specialists.

To get a further boost in your career, it is better to join some organising training programs by good organisations that focus on soft skills training. Along with the basic IT knowledge, these training programs that are led by reputed training paths; they offer the professionals with certificates that are very good for the resume.

There are many career paths in the IT industry that a professional can follow:

1) Hardware: This includes manufacturing, maintenance, research and development, and management.

2) Software, you have manufacturing, development, programming, software testing, and maintenance and support. The Software professionals are required to work in the administration of database, sales/marketing, computer operations and data-centre management.

Search engine optimisation is also a job that many IT companies are recruiting for. There are companies that offer vacancies in the areas of networking, web designing, computer programming.

There are many customers' work sites abroad that give a chance to IT professionals working in Indian companies.

Many professionals also pursue further management courses to expand their range in skill and knowledge.

For interest in core technology, you can also work as an individual contributor. Just be sure to keep upgrading yourself with the developments in your field and ensure that you are competent enough with the rapid changes in technology.

Hope this helps. All the best!