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Indian IT has 'competitive advantage' in employee talent: Nasscom president

How industry uses 'access to technology' will matter in a democratic system, says Debjani Ghosh

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“For me as a leader, attrition has never been an important metric. You completely set yourself up for failure if you want to hit a target (for attrition). For me, it has always been about the best talent,” Ghosh said.

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Feb 18 2021 | 10:50 PM IST

Talent will be the "competitive advantage" for India’s information technology (IT) industry as a hybrid model of working both physically and digitally evolves, said Debjani Ghosh, president of National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), on Thursday.

According to Nasscom, consolidated revenues of top listed technology companies recorded a growth of 5.3 per cent in the second half (H2) of 2020 over the first half (H1) of 2020. Also, with an increase in focus on digital upskilling initiatives revenue per employee grew at 5.5% in H2 2020 as compared to H1 2020.

Attrition rate dropped by 50 per cent

Topics : Indian IT industry IT hiring Nasscom IT Services industry Tech sector e-commerce industry

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