Outsourcing CAD Services

The corporatisation of the realty sector has come as a windfall for young architectural grads who are reaping the dividends of an unprecedented demand from the industry. Freshers today are commanding salaries at least 3-4 times of their predecessors while hiring volumes too, have gone up manifold . In fact, so great is the demand that even expats are being wooed by the top guns of the industry.

DLF, Unitech, Housing Development &Infrastructure (HDIL) and many other leading players have increased their team of architects by 4-5 times over the last couple of years, industry observers said. Even the IT sector is knocking on the doors of young professionals for CAD and architectural design outsourcing projects.

“The way the realty sector is becoming corporatised has changed the dynamics of the business, which was earlier much smaller. Architects now play a critical role in areas such as evaluation of new projects, developing prototypes or liaisoning with national or overseas architect firms,” HDIL director Ashok Kumar Gupta told ET.

“Today realtors consult professional architects for all their projects which has created huge scope in this profession,” said Kolkatabased architect J P Agrawal.

Architecture has become a much sought-after discipline during placements in engineering /architectural schools. IIT Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp ), for instance , has seen the likes of Jones Lang LaSalle, Knight Frank, Unitech and L&T turning up for this year’s recruitments.

“We have seen salaries offered in the range of Rs 3.5 lakh to 6.5 lakh. There is no dearth of opportunities with more and more new companies coming into the sector and great expansion plans of existing giants,” says IIT-Kgp’s vicepresident (technology students gymkhana) Kunal Kashyap.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/