Over 80% Indian engineers are unemployable, lack new-age technology skills: Report
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 80% Indian engineers are unemployable, lack new-age technology skills: Report

India Today  

Every year, thousands of engineering graduates pass out of college, but only a tiny handful of them are trained in the skills that employers need now. The report stated that only 3.84 percent of engineers in the country have the technical, cognitive and linguistic skills required for software-related jobs in start-ups. The report provides the primary reasons for low employability of India’s engineers -- only 40 percent engineering graduates do an internship, while a mere 7 percent students do multiple internships. US, China have 3-4 times more engineers than India who know how to code The Aspiring Minds employability report also found that the number of engineers in the US who know how to code is almost four times than Indian engineers. Read: How preparing your children today for 21st-century skills will help them for future jobs that don’t exist yet Read: Skill development in school education: Importance of evolving skill training from a young age Read: 93 percent MBA graduates are unemployable: Problems with management education in India

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Bridging India's Skill Gap: Addressing the Employability Challenge
5 days, 1 hour ago

Bridging India's Skill Gap: Addressing the Employability Challenge

The Quint  

Peoplefy works closely with Large GCCs and IT Companies for their niche talent needs. According to a 2023 report by the India Skills Report, only 48.7% of the Indian workforce is deemed employable, highlighting a massive gap between education and industry requirements. The report also emphasizes that while India's literacy rate is around 77.7%, literacy does not equate to employability. …

National Engineering Day: 90% of graduates face employability challenges
4 months ago

National Engineering Day: 90% of graduates face employability challenges

India Today  

National Engineering Day celebrates the significant contributions of engineers to India’s development, with engineering emerging as a key career path for many. Despite India producing nearly 1.5 million engineers annually, only a fraction are employable, leading to a growing concern about the country’s engineering talent pool. The theme of National Engineering Day, 'Creating Solutions for a Sustainable World,' underscores the …

In charts: How engineering lost its charm in India
1 year, 4 months ago

In charts: How engineering lost its charm in India

Live Mint  

India was once home to an estimated one in four students globally graduating with a science or engineering degree. Ahead of Engineer’s Day this Friday, Mint looks at the falling enrolments, weak job placements, and disappointing employability rate of India’s engineering graduates. The number of students getting placed has been stable, implying no growth in the influx of engineering graduates …

India, World’s Most Populous Country, Should Be Embodied With Ideal Employable Skills - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

India, World’s Most Populous Country, Should Be Embodied With Ideal Employable Skills - News18

News 18  

India has surpassed China as the world’s most populous country in demographic composition, with a staggering 65 percent working-age population having an average age of 28.4 years. There is an extra advantage in the employability of women because the companies have also adopted new recruitment strategies centred around soft skills like communication, teamwork, and emotional intelligence. Developed countries like Singapore …

Engineers should focus on engineering & design jobs
1 year, 11 months ago

Engineers should focus on engineering & design jobs

Live Mint  

Engineers have often been lured by the tried and tested software jobs, that land them with fancy salaries and opportunities to work with reputed companies of the world. It mentions that India is the leading R&D investor among developing countries if China, the world’s second-largest investor in R&D after the US, is excluded from the list. The way IIT Kanpur …

With no jobs, millions of Indians are exiting the labour force
2 years, 8 months ago

With no jobs, millions of Indians are exiting the labour force

Al Jazeera  

Frustrated with the lack of good jobs, more than half of the 900 million Indians of working age no longer want one. Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age — roughly the population of the U.S. and Russia combined — don’t want a job, according to the CMIE. “The large share of discouraged workers …

7 steps needed to improve employability in engineering students
4 years, 4 months ago

7 steps needed to improve employability in engineering students

India Today  

The employability quotient of graduates in today's day and age is equally proportionate to a curriculum that is dynamic and relevant. University degrees are no longer the priority criteria; instead, employers are seeking specific soft skills that contribute to an effective working environment, which are professionally called "employability skills". Individuals might develop these skills through education, workforce development system, interests, …

80 percent of engineers unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy: Report
5 years, 9 months ago

80 percent of engineers unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy: Report

Firstpost  

Only 3.84 percent of engineers have the technical, cognitive and linguistic skills for software-related jobs. The employability of Indian engineers continues to be low as over 80 percent of them are unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy, says a report. According to a report by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, only 3.84 percent of engineers in the country …

Indian techies struggle as jobs crisis worsens: Votes of jobless youths can hurt Narendra Modi's chances in LS polls, say critics
5 years, 10 months ago

Indian techies struggle as jobs crisis worsens: Votes of jobless youths can hurt Narendra Modi's chances in LS polls, say critics

Firstpost  

These engineers struggling to find jobs highlight Narendra Modi’s difficulty in creating jobs by boosting manufacturing under ‘Make in India’ as promised in 2014. Chinchwad: Santosh Gurav gained a bachelor’s degree in technology from a mid-tier college in western India last year, specialising in electrical engineering and hoping to land a job in industrial automation. “Many can’t even write basic …

80% engineers are unemployed: How can we prepare engineers for the jobs of tomorrow?
5 years, 10 months ago

80% engineers are unemployed: How can we prepare engineers for the jobs of tomorrow?

India Today  

One of the biggest apocalyptic cries in the global economy today is the loss or obsolescence of existing jobs due to automation and rapid changes in technology. If we were to pin down the reason for this skill gap it would be simply the absence of experience in the relevant skills that are required for emerging tech jobs. We learn …

Engineering loses its sheen
6 years, 5 months ago

Engineering loses its sheen

The Hindu  

India has progressed on a global scale with the acceptance of MOOCs. Also, it is difficult to get a job in core field as companies mostly prefer to give opportunities to Tier-one college graduates. Lack of practical knowledge, appropriate job opportunities, useful and analytical curriculum, lack of well-trained faculty, and essential infrastructure are reasons for this. India’s crisis in engineering …

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