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The Big Picture: India's unemployable engineers
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India's unemployable engineers
India produces more engineers every year than the US but that's not necessarily a matter for rejoicing. A large number of Indian engineering graduates are unemployable, according to a report in the Economist, which quotes a study done by an Indian firm, Aspiring Minds: - For this reason, Indian firms, including IT firms, find it convenient to confine their recruitment to the top 100 colleges. But this is a soft option and one that cannot help meet Indian firms' huge demand for engineers in the coming years. The challenge is to locate the small percentage in the large pool of engineers outside the top 100 colleges that is fit for employment. Apparently, Aspiring Minds has developed standardised tests that helps locate that small percentage.
- We have to make the best of the existing capacity- locate the quality in a large pool. Next, firms must invest in training. We see this happening already in banking and insurance where, again, the demand for people is going to be huge. Waiting for colleges to produce graduates who are readily employable will mean a long wait indeed.
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