More than one lakh engineering students who graduated in 2015 are unemployable

Updated on: Wednesday, January 27, 2016

It seems to be very depressing when we hear about the downfall of employment opportunities in the country. Unemployment takes place when people are without work or seeking work. In a report, more than one lakh engineering students who graduated in 2015 are not employable. There is a major skill gap in the country as 80 per cent of the engineering graduates are "unemployable".

In 2015, over 1,50,000 engineering students who completed their graduation from 650 colleges are unemployable. "Engineering has become the de-facto graduate degree for a large chunk of students today. However, along with improving the education standards, it is typical that we evolve our undergraduate programmes to make them more job centric," said Aspiring Minds CTO Varun Aggarwal.

Further in a report, "If we look according to the cities, Delhi continues to produce the highest number of employable engineers, followed by Bengaluru and the western parts of the country. Whereas, Kerala and Odisha joined the top 25 percentile list of most employable states. Punjab and Uttarakhand dropped to the 2nd and 3rd quartile."

"However, roles like sales engineer non-IT, associate ITeS or BPO and content developer report slightly higher employ-ability of females. Interestingly, the report said that unlike popular notion, tier-3 cities too produce a share of employable engineers and should not be neglected from a recruitment perspective. These candidates could also possibly fill the entry-level hiring needs of several IT services companies," the report concluded.

More than one lakh engineering students who graduated in 2015 are unemployable

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