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As we are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed unprecedented disruption and instability world over. Due to this sudden outbreak the whole nation is in quarantine and all industries are locked down.
The Government of India and the State Governments are taking all necessary steps to ensure that we are prepared well to face the challenges and threats posed by this pandemic of COVID-19 the Corona Virus. With active support of the people of India in general & Odisha in particular, we have been able to contain the spread of the deadly virus in our country & state as well.
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to make international travel and migration more restrictive and costlier, maybe for a long time. The paradigm shift creates significant barriers for IT firms to be able to maintain cognitive proximity with its clients and could adversely impact their global competitiveness.
Pandemic has seveยญrely disrupted economic activity, with the global gross domestic product (GDP) expected to shrink by over 3% in 2020, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF 2020).Today, most of the discussion seems to be focused on the severe demand problems which firms will face in the short to medium term and what governments can do to ease the pain.
It is critical for countries and firms to understand these structural changes in order to compete effectively once the current crisis eases.
Firms in the digital economy will also face several challenges as they adjust to a structurally altered "new normal." This article presents one such challenge in the context of the Indian Information Technology (IT) industry which could have an impact on the long-term health of the sector and the Indian economy.
In this context Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in association with Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of Odisha is organizing an e-Conference on INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY- "Post Pandemic - Opportunities and Challenges" at 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. on 31 August, 2021 on Zoom Cloud Meeting Space.
