Technology

By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The IT-BPM sector has been considered one of the growing sectors in Sri Lanka. They claim that, during the past decade, the IT-BPM industry in Sri Lanka has seen substantial expansion and had some of the strongest growth among all export sectors. According to them, over the last 10 years, the industry has grown more than 300%, reaching US$1.2 billion in revenue, recruiting more than 80,000 professionals and contributing 12% of Sri Lankan service exports. Sri Lanka Association for Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM) foresees the industry achieving US$5 billion in exports by 2022, creating 200,000 direct jobs and launching 1,000 start-ups. With the figures the industry put out, one may think that the employees of that sector are well off, with fantastic wor...