Less than 12 pc graduates get hired in India

Updated on: Friday, February 03, 2012

Less than 12 per cent of graduates get employed in the country, lamented the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), N.K. Ranganath, adding that the government and universities should join hands to improve the situation in the country.

India would put a large pool of youngsters in the market in a couple of years, Ranganath told reporters on the eve of the Universities of India conclave on Thursday.

“We will face a shortage of skilled workers in the future. Tamil Nadu produces about three lakh engineers every year but we don’t know how many are skilled to be employed in industries,” he said.

Ranganath stated that CII would join hands with the state government to enhance quality of education.

The conclave would help senior academicians to join together for a positive change in the Indian education system to bring sustainable value to all stakeholders and particularly the student community, said the chief executive officer and managing director of Mindlogicx, Suresh Elangovan.

Prof. S.S. Mantha, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), will inaugurate the conclave on
Friday.

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