INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

1.      INTRODUCTION

Growth has been taking place in our economical , social and business mankind. Then what was the need of the concept ‘Sustainable Development Growth’ or ‘Sustainable Development Goals'.

Yes, of course, our irresponsible behavior towards our environment which led to various problem in the further times, we had been using or planning everything regarding development without giving a second thought about its future consequences. We had been completely ignorant about the future demands. All that we were concerned about was its immediate benefits. As the time passes by, realization come that this would lead to nowhere in future. It would be creating problems for themselves as well as the future generations.

So, finally in the year 1980 International Union for the Conservation of nature talked about making ‘Sustainable Development’ a global priority.

The question arises what do we mean by Sustainable Development. It means development taking place without depleting the natural resources. It also means development taking place in present without compromising the needs of the future generations. Here, one main thing that need to be cleared is people usually get confused depleting to not using these natural resources. On the other hand, it means not letting the resources Deplete i.e. the amount of resources we take from environment must be compensated by adding to the environment equally or maybe more to create a balance in the environment.

Information Technology, Information technology in Sustainable Development Growth. As we all know the IT sector is growing really well as every now and then new technologies are discovered that helps us do our work easily. IT has the potential for intensive production, consumption, trade and services. Such changes can significantly reduce the environmental impact of industrial and commercial activities and thus contribute to SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Today’s information society is being built on technology, knowledge and intelligence. Information Technology (IT) empowers both people and machines with information, which is transformed into knowledge and intelligence. Appropriate use of the knowledge by both people and machines contributes to sustainable development. As information becomes accessible to anyone, and anywhere, it is increasingly becoming a basic economic resource and a structuring factor in today’s society and hence a great source for sustainable development.

2.IMPACTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GROWTH

Information Technology has impacted sustainable development growth in every possible way. Intensive production, consumption,  trade, and services such changes are continuously reducing the environmental impact of industrial and commercial  activities and thus contribute to Sustainable Development. Few benefits of information technology (IT) is mentioned as follows :

1.  ACCURATE AND SPEEDY PROCESSING OF INFORMATION

One more reason of IT sector to be on top when it comes about sustainable development is Accurate and Speedy processing of Information. One can get information of abroad by sitting at his home. IT sector thus helps the environment to grow on a very fast rate and hence contributes in sustainable development growth.

2. GLOBALIZATION

Information technology has removed the physical barriers between nations and connected them through their shared ideas and opportunities. The advent of social media has made interactions easy and the use of Facebook, Twitter, and all other social networking sites has drawn culturally different people to communicate with one another. People on the social media are now becoming ‘global’ citizens.

3.COMMUNICATING NEWS

Wireless communication has revolutionized the ways in which we communicate news broadcast. We can communicate anywhere whether its Delhi or New York. Today it takes less than a minute for a new story to propagate from one part of the world to the other.

4. CREATION OF NEW JOBS

The rising demand of IT professionals across businesses is creating new opportunities every day. Several emerging economies all over the world are now setting new records by strengthening their competence in this field. A greater number of people are showing interest in jobs like computer programming, system analysis, testing.

Ms.Anisha Tandon

 Assistant Professor

Department of Management Studies