The number of IT professionals in Kerala has grown from 78,000 to 2.5 lakh in six years between 2016 and 2023 registering a growth of 31%, found a study on Kerala, ‘Investment, Growth & Development 2018-19 to 2022-23: A land of Unlimited Opportunities’, conducted by the MSME Export Promotion Council that was released here recently.
Dubbing Kerala as a front-runner in the promotion, adoption and usage of information technology, the study observes that the State has one of the largest user bases for internet connectivity and mobile density in the country.