In a recent article in the Times of India (August 18, 2015), it was noted that an increasing number of start-ups in India are employing India Institute of Technology (IIT) from as early in their school years as from their second and third years of IIT school.
It can be quite lucrative. A student from IIT Bombay earns as much as Rs 70,000 a month by just devoting only about 3 hours a day to developing software for a startup company. Other students who do not wish to work for someone else, simply create accounts on websites such as www.IndiaFreelancers.com and get work from employers as far away as the USA, England and Australia through that website.
In addition to websites such as www.IndiaFreelancers.com, there are a number of startups in India such as Bewakoof.com, Venturesity, Jabong, TouchKraft and VanityCube – just to name a few – all of which are employing IIT students in increasingly large numbers.
It is a win-win for both the companies and the students says Ashu Malhotra, head, human resources at Jabong, since “Companies gain by getting solutions while the students gain by getting exposure of two to four months”. With India’s growing IT presences in the world, freelancing and employment in the IT world are bound to continue to increase in India.
Ranjiv P for IndiaFreelancers.com
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