According to Aspiring Minds, an employee assessment service provider's 2012 National Employability Report about 83% of engineering graduates are unfit for employment.
The report highlights that only about 17.45% of engineering graduates of the year 2011 were employable. National Association of Software and Services Companies' (NASSCOM) survey of 2011 showcased that over 75% of IT graduates are not ready for jobs and further brought into notice how India's $60 billion outsourcing industry is spending almost $1 billion a year training them to be fit for jobs. Sangeeta Gupta, Senior Vice President, NASSCOM said, "Our engineers are not unemployable, they just don't have industry-ready talent. In other words, they lack the skills required for the jobs that are available to them."
Deemed unfit in communication skills, confidence, presentation, problem-solving capabilities and generic abilities, an alarming figure presenting hard reality has been brought out in notice. Aspiring Minds also revealed that over 50% graduates fall short of the mark in language and grammar as well.
Another interesting finding showcased that graduates from Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 engineering colleges in India produced graduates that were not industry ready even after interventional training. These findings have been reported by Industry Readiness Index survey conducted by Purple Leap this year.
Amit Bansal, CEO, PurpleLeap expressed his opinion by saying "Most graduates display excellent theoretical knowledge. However, when it comes to problem-solving, they lack basic analytical skills."
"I have interviewed over 2,000 candidates in the last three years and most of them struggle to communicate even in their mother tongue. I have realised that it's not about the language. If they don't know the answer, how will they respond?" further said Bansal.
Sangeeta Gupta said, "The approach to the engineering curriculum in our country emphasises rote learning. The same set of questions is asked year after year. If your memorisation skills are good, you may cram and score well. But that doesn't mean that you have the skills the industry is looking for."
As published by Rediff, Prof Ramamoorthy Iyer, a visiting faculty member for mechanical engineering mechanical engineering to students in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai said, "You ask them about the technology involved in the making of an automobile, and they'll be ready with the details. If you ask them to design an automobile on their own, only a handful will be able to attempt it with success. Students who don't take up internship roles during their course of engineering often struggle with placements after completion of the course. Even institutes do little about training their students. What's the purpose of such an education? There is no value addition."
To cater to the problem of quality demand and supply, NASSCOM has planned to impart training and development of faculty. Having identified the gaps, industry experts foresee the need for improvement in current colleges as a priority as against bringing together newer courses and institutes for engineering. NASSCOM aims to enhance graduate skills through its BPO initiative which is a 6-12 week long program training graduates over the development of their soft skills. Experts suggest students to personally cater to their overall skill development by participating in more such activities besides powering their technical expertise better.
Deemed unfit in communication skills, confidence, presentation, problem-solving capabilities and generic abilities, an alarming figure presenting hard reality has been brought out in notice. Aspiring Minds also revealed that over 50% graduates fall short of the mark in language and grammar as well.
Another interesting finding showcased that graduates from Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 engineering colleges in India produced graduates that were not industry ready even after interventional training. These findings have been reported by Industry Readiness Index survey conducted by Purple Leap this year.
Amit Bansal, CEO, PurpleLeap expressed his opinion by saying "Most graduates display excellent theoretical knowledge. However, when it comes to problem-solving, they lack basic analytical skills."
"I have interviewed over 2,000 candidates in the last three years and most of them struggle to communicate even in their mother tongue. I have realised that it's not about the language. If they don't know the answer, how will they respond?" further said Bansal.
Sangeeta Gupta said, "The approach to the engineering curriculum in our country emphasises rote learning. The same set of questions is asked year after year. If your memorisation skills are good, you may cram and score well. But that doesn't mean that you have the skills the industry is looking for."
As published by Rediff, Prof Ramamoorthy Iyer, a visiting faculty member for mechanical engineering mechanical engineering to students in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai said, "You ask them about the technology involved in the making of an automobile, and they'll be ready with the details. If you ask them to design an automobile on their own, only a handful will be able to attempt it with success. Students who don't take up internship roles during their course of engineering often struggle with placements after completion of the course. Even institutes do little about training their students. What's the purpose of such an education? There is no value addition."
What can be done about it?
To cater to the problem of quality demand and supply, NASSCOM has planned to impart training and development of faculty. Having identified the gaps, industry experts foresee the need for improvement in current colleges as a priority as against bringing together newer courses and institutes for engineering. NASSCOM aims to enhance graduate skills through its BPO initiative which is a 6-12 week long program training graduates over the development of their soft skills. Experts suggest students to personally cater to their overall skill development by participating in more such activities besides powering their technical expertise better.
