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Q & A: Computer Services

What skills should I have? You should be good at managing people since you will have to work with your staff who will be on the field. Good negotiation skills will get you the best deals.
What is my investment? You will need to provide for staff either on salaried or sub-contract basis.
What is my market? Offices and commercial establishments with computerised networks.
What returns can I expect? Annual maintenance contracts are signed with small companies for the technological upkeep from Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 depending upon the number of PCs as well as cleaning of the equipment such as monitors, keyboards, PCUs and printers. The charges are Rs 30 to Rs 50 per computer per month depending upon your negotiation skills. In an office with 50 PCs your annual income per company would be Rs 18,000 to Rs 30,000 minus your wage bill and office establishment cost.

Computer Education For Children
This is the biggest sunrise industry in India and a fast growing opportunity area. Be it the premium convent schools or the government aided municipal schools, computers are here to stay. You have to find the market need that you would fit the best. Interactive software packages are available from nursery to ICSE, CBSC and SSC. Maths, English, Geography and Science can be learned interactively online. The government is encouraging software programs in vernacular languages in many states. A huge rural population is being brought into the computer literacy programme, which will open up opportunities for women from small towns and semi-urban cities as well.
E-learning, online education, virtual classrooms and virtual universities are common in advanced countries. You will have to work in teams and would need experience to serve the clients of these nations, but for the Indian clients and state government, local contacts and tracking the right man at the right place would help to crack the market.

Q & A: Computer Education For Children

What skills should I have? A diploma in software programming.
What is my investment? Your creativity.
What is my market? Schools, government-aided agencies, private companies producing and marketing these packages.
What returns can I expect? These educational aids and packages are sold anywhere between Rs 8,000 and Rs 10,000 depending on how attractively they are made.

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