53 Vol : 6, 2 (July-December 2012) Introduction The Information Technology (IT) sector in India holds the distinction of advancing the country into the new-age economy. The growth momentum attained by the overall economy since the late 1990s to a great extent can be owed to the IT sector, well supported by a liberalised policy regime with reduction in telecommunication cost and import duties on hardware and software. Perceptible is the transformation since liberalisation – India today Analysis of HR practices in the IT Sector (With special reference to Bangalore City) Shubha Muralidhar 1 and R K Gopal 2 1 Assistant professor, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore 2 Director, CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore. A JOURNAL OF M P BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, ASSOCIATE BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, BANGALORE Vol: 6, 2 (2012) 54-61 ISSN 0974-0082 Abstract The world of Human Resources is changing quickly. Human Resource Development is increasingly driven by customer demands, technology, intense competition and employees needs. This means that organizations which fail to measure effectively the qualitative areas of their business and human resources will lose a competitive edge. HR today is a key contributor towards solving organizational issues and achieving relevant business outcomes. The market scenario after the recession has lead to radical changes in the IT industry. From time to time there is a need for the researchers to pause and refect on the status of the HR practices. Best HR practices will help the organization in bringing about radical improvement rather than incremental ones. The current study is an attempt to study and analyse the HR practices in the IT sector. The study identifed two sets of main variables, the traditional HR practices and the modern HR practices. Further each main variable had sub variables under them which were used for analysing the HR practices. A focussed study was conducted to identify the best HR practices prevailing in the IT sector. Hence this paper has made an attempt to highlight the areas of HRM which need to be focussed for a better organizational climate. Keywords: HR Practices, IT organizations is the world leader in information technology and business outsourcing. Correspondingly, the industry’s contribution to India’s GDP has grown signifcantly over a period of time. The sector has been growing at an annual rate of 28% per annum since 2001. Indian IT companies have globally established their superiority in terms of cost advantage, availability of skilled manpower and the quality of services. They have been enhancing their global service delivery capabilities through a combination of organic and inorganic growth