EXPERIENCE OF THE FAST BUDDING IT INDUSTRY

The STD X students of CUMBALLA HILL HIGH SCHOOL were taken on a visit to an IT based company to gain first hand information about the programming logic which they have in their curriculum. The IT Visit was arranged by ASCII (ADVANCED SCHOOL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION, INDIA, PVT. LTD.) on Thursday the 8th September 2005.

The students were taken to ZEDO INDIA PVT. LTD. Located at Andheri (East). ZEDO is a technology company that offers ad serving solution to various top websites. The Company has its head office at SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and has only one branch in INDIA. They were transported by bus from the school to the location and back. The students were accompanied by the staff of ASCII and also the school staff. Twenty seven students participated enthusiastically in this visit and took full advantage of the opportunity provided to them. The students were divided into three groups and four sessions were taken for each group comprising of approximately thirty minutes.

The first session comprised of E-COMMERCE. The students were explained what is e-commerce, how various transactions can be carried out through this electronic media, its advantages, how the information passed during trading can be misused, the security measures for the same. They were also allowed to visit some trading sites like E-bay. In the next session the students were given a brief introduction to “What is Software?” - the different languages, how the languages mostly used today to perform complicated tasks were developed from scrap, the role of interpreters, compilers, translators etc. The various stages involved in developing new software and the importance of each stage was also covered in this session. The third session contained of valuable information relating to what is database, the simple database management programs and what is RDBMS. The last and the concluding session was related to the marketing of these softwares. In this session the students were told about the different target groups for various applications, customer protection, consumer satisfaction which is very much essential for any industry in today’s competitive market.

In short the students were provided a complete insight into the various parts dealt by a software industry. The students were also given time after each session to clarify any doubts regarding the topics and they were also introduced to the different departments and shown their working and how these departments coordinate with each other. They were also provided refreshments by the company.

The students returned back to school by 3.00 p.m. with their interest in the software field aroused. For some students it was a career setting option. It was indeed a very knowledgeable and exciting experience.

-CONTRIBUTED BY-
DHRUVI DHARIA, MISAAL PARIKH, NABILA DARVESH, DIPAK RAGHUWANSI, KHURSHAND BATHENA