IT has revolutionized the education sector

The business environment today is very dynamic, and IT is expected to keep pace with the demands of customers and users. By looking at technology as the solution, and not a problem, CIOs can handle business demands in a way that creates a great user experience in a manageable, secure and cost-effective manner. CIOs must articulate the current business challenges; understand the company, its competition and the industry.

In the past 20 years, there have been tremendous innovations in IT sector, shadowing every bits and bytes of our life. Besides other sectors like telecom, banking, automobiles, IT has also revolutionized the education sector. One of the major change in education is the instant access and delivery of data. If we see, the generation today is pre-equipped with the 'natural' knowledge to make use of IT. Apart from this, nowadays student can understand a lecture much easier with digital medium. Keeping these factors consideration, Arvind Mohan Mittal, Administrator - IT Services at Ansal University has helped and guided the university in successful deployment of IT Infrastructure. They have state-of-the-art computer Labs with internet on fiber @ 24mbps and an in-house developed UMS (University Management System) to manage Student records, upload assignments etc. Currently Remote Access and Mobile Access modules are being developed. Besides these initiatives, they have plans to implement Digital Classroom with facilities like Class-attendance through Face-recognition.

So, it is absolutely true to say that CIO is the true integrator between the Business and Technology; so, CIOs must continue to innovate to bring in flexibility and scalability into the systems so that adaptability to changing business process can be taken care of. Also, CIOs have to align their IT goals with the business goals of a CEO, CMO and a CFO to ensure the growth of the business though the use of secured and latest Information Technology.