IIT Directors Raise Concerns Over Indian Engineers’ Employability
- India is producing 10 lakh engineers every year, a majority of whom fail to get jobs due to lack of skills.
- Lack of quality education in various technical institutes across the country is also one of the major reasons.
Currently, the directors of Indian Institutes of Technology are raising concerns over the employability of millions of engineers who are graduating every year across the country. They are of the opinion that the outdated curriculum, shortage of good faculty, and poor teaching infrastructure are the major factors that are reducing the employability rate of engineering graduates.
Most of the engineering graduates lack basic skills and subject knowledge. There are thousands of technical institutes in the country, and only a few of them are focusing on improving skills among the students.
A recent survey indicated that 95% engineering graduates are unfit for programming or software jobs. India is producing around 10 lakh engineers every year. Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur said that the country does not need lakhs of engineering graduates, as there are not enough jobs to offer.
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He further added that the responsibility of producing a skilled engineer lies with the institute. The technical institutes across the country should have good labs, teachers and infrastructure. In the same way, the student who joins an engineering course must have the desire to learn.
Director of IIT Kanpur further pointed that the majority of the technical institutes in India do not have good teachers, labs and quality infrastructure. The students who complete engineering from these institutes are hardly getting placements in various companies. On the other hand, some of the engineering graduates are working for fewer salaries due to lack of skills.
Director of IIT Delhi said that India is facing overproduction of engineers. There is a lot of underemployment in the engineering sector, and the government needs to address the issue. Apart from strengthening engineering courses, the government must focus on strengthening polytechnic diploma education and Industrial Training Institutes or ITIs.
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He pointed that many parents are still pushing their children to get into engineering courses even though there are fewer employment opportunities. It is also one of the major reasons for a high number of students graduating from engineering every year.
Director of IIT Bombay condemned the survey that claimed that 95% engineering graduates are unfit for software jobs. He clarified that most of the IT companies are recruiting engineering students on a large scale and proved that the explanation given by the survey is not correct.