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 code.” “We need to start there, at the beginning of the education system,” said Aggarwal. “They want English speaking skills, which I don’t have.” Gayatri, a 24-year-old woman who goes by one name, gained a master’s degree in engineering four months ago, under pressure from her parents. “I didn’t get this degree to sit at a call centre.” Jobless engineers are not a new problem and “miniscule” in comparison to the millions of farmers dissatisfied over weak crop prices, said Himanshu, an associate professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University who also uses one name.

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