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IT Project Managers plan, execute, and close technology projects — from ERP rollouts and infrastructure migrations to custom software delivery for clients — within defined scope, timeline, and budget constraints. In India, the role is dominant in IT services firms (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, HCL Technologies) where PMs manage client-facing delivery under T&M or fixed-price contracts, and increasingly in product companies (Razorpay, PhonePe, Freshworks) where the title is often Programme Manager or Delivery Manager. Unlike a Product Manager (who owns the why and the roadmap) or a Scrum Master (who facilitates the Agile ceremony), the IT PM owns the triple constraint — scope-time-cost — and is accountable to the client or sponsor for delivery governance, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication from project initiation to post-go-live support handoff. PMP from PMI and PRINCE2 are the most recognized credentials in the Indian IT services context; CSM or SAFe certifications matter in Agile-heavy product companies.

SOC 2 Auditors perform AICPA-standard attestation engagements for service organizations — SaaS, cloud infrastructure, fintech, and BPO providers — examining whether their controls satisfy the Trust Services Criteria (TSC): Security (CC1-CC9), Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy. In India the practice is concentrated at Big-4 attestation groups (KPMG, EY, Deloitte, PwC) and boutique firms (BDO India, Grant Thornton, Pingsafe, Dhruva Advisors) that serve GCC-heavy corridors in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune. A SOC 2 Auditor plans the engagement scope, conducts control walkthroughs, selects and evaluates evidence samples, documents exceptions, communicates deficiencies to management, and issues a Type I (point-in-time design effectiveness) or Type II (6–12 month operating effectiveness) opinion letter under SSAE 18 and AT-C Section 205.

Transportation Engineers in India plan, design, and deliver the geometric, pavement, drainage, and traffic systems that underpin the country's roads, highways, metros, and airport ground-side infrastructure. Day-to-day work spans IRC-compliant geometric design (sight distances, super-elevation, vertical curves under IRC SP-73 and IRC 86), flexible pavement design following IRC 37 against design traffic in msa, cross-drainage structure hydraulics, traffic volume studies and Level-of-Service analysis, preparation of MORTH-format BOQs, and software-intensive production in AutoCAD Civil 3D, MX Road, VISSIM, SIDRA, and GIS. The Indian employer universe splits into three tiers: private EPC contractors and concessionaires running NHAI HAM/BOT corridors (L&T GeoStructure, IRB Infra, Adani Roads, Tata Projects, HG Infra, Dilip Buildcon, Ashoka Buildcon); specialist transportation consultancies delivering DPRs, Detailed Design reports, and PMC mandates (Egis India, AECOM India, Louis Berger, Mott MacDonald, SNC-Lavalin ATKINS, Systra, STUP); and PSU authorities (NHAI, NHDP PMUs, DMRC, BMRCL, MMRDA, AAI) that absorb IES and GATE-ranked engineers into project management and independent engineering roles. Specialization tracks — highway, urban transport planning, metro civil, airport landside, traffic engineering — diverge sharply by year 4-5.

CSR Managers in India operationalise the mandate created by Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 — the world's first statutory CSR law — which requires companies above a specified threshold to spend 2% of average net profit (3 preceding years) on Schedule VII activities. At TCS Foundation, Infosys Foundation, Tata Trusts, Wipro Foundation, RIL CSR, and ITC's social initiatives, this means building multi-year programmes in education, livelihood, health, environment, and rural development; selecting and monitoring NGO implementation partners; conducting impact assessments; and filing the mandatory CSR-2 annual return with MCA. The role spans both strategy (Schedule VII alignment, board CSR committee secretarial) and execution (budget disbursement, audit coordination, BRSR disclosure). Unlike philanthropy roles, Indian CSR Managers work inside a compliance-and-governance framework — impact without audit trails and proper disclosure is a legal liability.

Agile Coaches operate at the organizational layer above Scrum Masters — they coach portfolios of teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and C-suite leaders on agile ways of working at scale. In India, the role is concentrated in three clusters: Agile CoEs inside IT services giants (Infosys Agile Academy, TCS Pace Port, Wipro Lab45, Capgemini Invent), product unicorns that are scaling delivery models (Razorpay, Flipkart, CRED, Swiggy, Zepto), and SAFe/LeSS partner consulting firms (Agile42, Accenture SolutionsIQ, Valtech, Thoughtworks India, Scaled Agile partner network). Day-to-day work is running PI Planning events for 50-500 people, facilitating Lean Portfolio Management sessions, coaching leadership on Cynefin-informed decision-making in complex domains, and reducing ART-level dependencies via dependency mapping and system demos. The most effective Indian Agile Coaches hold SAFe SPC, ICP-ACC (ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching), or CSP-SM combined with deep delivery experience — not just certifications acquired in classroom weekends.

Agronomists in India bridge crop science and commercial outcomes — advising farmers on soil fertility, pest and disease management, irrigation scheduling, and variety selection for agri-input companies (Tata-Rallis, UPL, Syngenta India, Bayer CropScience, Coromandel, IFFCO) and agtech platforms (DeHaat, Cropin, Ninjacart, BharatAgri). On the input side, the role is equal parts field science and sales support: running demonstration plots, validating product claims in trial conditions, and translating research into farmer-ready language. On the agtech side, agronomists build crop advisory engines, interpret satellite NDVI and weather data (Skymet, Cropin SmartFarm), and train field agents who reach millions of smallholders. Entry is typically M.Sc. Agriculture with agronomy specialisation from a state agricultural university (PAU Ludhiana, TNAU Coimbatore, PJTSAU Hyderabad, GBPUAT Pantnagar, UAS Bangalore), often followed by ICAR-JRF or an ARS-NET attempt for those pursuing the research track.

Mobile game developers build, ship, and live-operate games on Android and iOS — from hyper-casual titles that acquire users at ₹2-8 CPI to real-money gaming (RMG) platforms where a single tournament event can drive ₹10Cr+ in a weekend. In India, the role concentrates at RMG studios (Dream11, MPL, Games24x7, Adda52, Junglee Games now under Flutter Entertainment, Zupee), hyper-casual publishers (Nazara, InMobi Games, Moonfrog, Hike Games), and the mid-tier product studios (SuperGaming, Octro, JetSynthesys) that ship across multiple genres. Daily work spans Unity C# or Cocos2d gameplay code, Google Play Billing and Apple IAP integration, ad mediation (AppLovin MAX, IronSource, Unity Ads), Firebase + GameAnalytics event instrumentation, live-ops feature delivery (tournaments, seasonal events, battle passes), A/B testing monetization flows, App Store Optimization (ASO), and — for RMG studios — TNGRA compliance, state-level regulatory blocks, and KYC/TDS integration for prize payouts. Mobile gaming is India's largest game segment by revenue and headcount, with the 28% GST headwind creating instability in RMG but no parallel slowdown in hyper-casual or mid-core mobile.

Senior: ₹50.0L

Unity Game Developers write C# gameplay systems in Unity's MonoBehaviour and DOTS (Data-Oriented Technology Stack) architectures to ship mobile, PC, console, and WebGL games. In India the role spans mobile game studios (Mech Mocha, Octro, Junglee Games, Moonfrog, Nazara, SuperGaming), ad-tech game publishers (InMobi Games, Loco, Zupee), and thousands of indie developers publishing Play Store and iOS App Store titles. Daily work spans MonoBehaviour lifecycle management (Awake/Start/Update/LateUpdate), ScriptableObject data architecture for decoupled game configuration, URP and HDRP shader authoring in ShaderGraph, Unity's Animation Rigging + Animator state machine construction, Mirror and Netcode for GameObjects multiplayer integration, Unity Ads + IAP SDK plumbing, Unity Profiler and Android GPU Inspector memory-and-GPU debugging, Addressables asset management, and build pipelines targeting Android/iOS/WebGL with IL2CPP scripting backend. Unity dominates Indian mobile and indie game development — it is the engine at every mid-size and consumer mobile studio in India, and the overwhelming choice for solo developers and indie teams publishing on the Play Store.

Senior: ₹50.0L

Industrial Product Designers conceive and develop physical objects that people use, buy, and live with — consumer electronics, home appliances, furniture, power tools, medical devices, and everyday hardware. Unlike UX designers who own the digital screen, industrial designers own the full physical form: ergonomics, materials, manufacturing constraints, packaging, and retail experience. In India, the field is anchored in two epicentres — consumer electronics brands like boAt, Noise, and boat's parent Imagine Marketing that race to differentiate on form factor, and appliance brands like Atomberg, Voltas, Whirlpool India, and Havells that hire designers to redesign motors and fan blades into premium-looking product lines. NID Ahmedabad and IDC at IIT Bombay remain the two globally recognised training grounds; graduates from both feed into Samsung Electronics India, Lenovo India, Godrej & Boyce, and international design studios like Onio Design, Tessellate, Lollypop, and Idiom that serve FMCG and D2C clients across India.

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Brewers in India design and execute the end-to-end production of beer — from mash-tun temperature holds and lauter run-off clarity through wort boiling, hop additions, yeast pitching, fermentation management, and package-ready conditioning. The landscape splits between microbrewery taprooms (Toit Bengaluru, Doolally Mumbai, White Rhino Pune, Geist Bengaluru, Independence Brewing) where one brewer owns 3-10 hL batches and meets drinkers across the bar, and macro production plants (United Breweries Kingfisher, SABMiller India Haywards/Royal Challenge, Carlsberg India Tuborg, Bira 91's contract manufacturing network) where brewers manage 1,000+ hL fermentation tanks, inline quality labs, and stringent Karnataka Excise / Maharashtra Excise / FSSAI compliance. The canonical credential is the IBD (Institute of Brewing & Distilling, London) General Certificate or Diploma in Brewing, or a B.Tech in Fermentation Technology/Food Technology; a large portion of India's microbrewery workforce enters via in-house apprenticeship under an established head brewer.

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Artisanal ice cream makers formulate, batch-freeze, and sell craft ice cream and gelato at the studio, single-store, and multi-store scale — a segment that in India spans Natural Ice Cream (1984, Mumbai's Juhu; the Raghunandan Kamath legacy brand that outlived its founder in 2024), Apsara Ice Creams, Bachhubhai (Surat), and Hocco, as well as a new generation including Minus 30, Frozen Bottle, and Mumbai gelato studios like La Folie Patisserie and Drizzle Gelato. The maker controls the full chain: sourcing Alphonso mangoes (Feb–May), sitapal, jamun, and cheekoo at peak ripeness; preparing dairy bases to FSSAI dairy norms (MSNF thresholds, pasteurisation at 85°C/15 sec); aging the mix 4-12 hours; and batch-freezing on Carpigiani or Bravo continuous-freezer or batch-freezer. Gelato (6-10% butterfat, 25-30% overrun) and premium ice cream (14-16% butterfat, 50-100% overrun) differ in formulation, draw temperature, and serving temp — knowing this distinction separates artisans from hobbyists. Entry requires hands-on training; Italian certification (Carpigiani Gelato University, Bologna or its India partner workshops) is the recognised professional bar.

Senior: ₹50.0L