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Demand for digitally skilled manpower to rise to 2.7 mn in FY23: NASSCOM

As digital technologies disrupt our industries, capacity building and skill development emerge as core components working towards bridging the current skill gap, said Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM

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The demand for digitally skilled professionals will rise to 2.3-2.7 million in fiscal 2023 given the current trajectory. The demand for digital talent is expected to grow at around 35 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between FY 2019-2023, said the IT-BPM industry trade body National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).

At present, the digital talent base in IT-ITeS industry in the country is growing at over 20 per cent and has a base of 2,60,000 in cloud computing, 185,000 in AI & big data analytics, 185,000 in social media and mobile platforms and 170,000 in IoT.

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