About 75% of IT workforce may continue to work from outside office: IT Secretary

The information technology (IT) industry may not get back to the old style of working from office and around 75 per cent of the workforce may continue to work from outside office going ahead, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney said on Friday.

He said the IT industry showed resilience during the lockdown, with up to 97 per cent of its workforce working from home or anywhere they found suitable to serve not just domestic but global clients also.

“We are very excited at what happened at that point of time (during lockdown). Now it is a fact, I can’t imagine going back to the old way of working and I am told by the industry as well, going back to the old ways of working is almost out of question.