Less than 8% Indian engineers fit for core engg roles

June 14, 2016

New Delhi, Jun 14: Significant efforts need to be made to improve employability in the engineering sector as less than 8 per cent of Indian engineers are employable in core engineering roles, reveals an Aspiring Minds' report.college-students

The National Employability Report for the first time this year looked into the employability of specialised and new careers, which are available to engineers, other than core IT and software roles.

The nationwide analysis based on a sample of 1,50,000 engineers showed there was a huge gap in skills of engineers, as needed, to work in the large industry.

"There are several problems with regard to employability in core engineering roles. We need to excite students about these jobs. Everyone's focus today is on IT. We want students to design and build things. We need emphasis on the basics, for instance, basic electrical engineering, basic concepts of mechanics and so on," Varun Aggarwal CTO Aspiring Minds said.

The government's Make in India initiative aspires to create manufacturing capacity in India and generate 100 million jobs by 2022.

Low employability of engineers, however, will impede the growth of manufacturing in India in a big way and requires immediate intervention, the employability assessment firm said.

Aggarwal noted that students do not have these basic concepts right. There is a huge need of a curriculum revamp and to bring in new teaching methods and technology.

"The science of manufacturing has moved way ahead but we continue to teach outdated concepts to students. For India to become the world's manufacturing hub, we need to lead from the front in our understanding of cutting edge methods, knowledge- driven management and implementation capability," he added.

Employability for roles like mechanical design engineer and civil engineer stand at a meagre 5.55 per cent and 6.48 per cent respectively.

The lowest employability percentage was recorded for the Chemical Design Engineer role at 1.64 per cent.

Employability in the domain specific roles is the highest for Electronics engineers at 7.07 per cent.

This percentage is considerably lower compared to employability in IT roles like Software Engineer - IT services and Associate ITeS Operations (Hardware Networking) which stood at 17.91 per cent and 37.06 per cent respectively.

The study on employability across metros reveals higher employability in Delhi and Mumbai with employability for the electronics design engineer role as high as 19 per cent followed by cities like Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad.

The lowest employability figures across roles is observed in Chennai with employability for the Civil Design Engineer role as low as 1 per cent, the report said.

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Jamal
 - 
Thursday, 16 Jun 2016

Students passing out of IT engineering colleges in mangalore don't know how to code. Its like someone completing a driving course from driving school. But, when u give him a car to drive, he doesn't know how to drive.

I wonder what these so-called \engineering colleges\" teach."

Zahoor Ahmed
 - 
Wednesday, 15 Jun 2016

Our Honourable HRD Minister Dear Smriti is not interest to curriculam revamp,new teaching method or technology. instead she is interesting in Yoga, Sanskrit,dancing,acting to introduce in IIT and Engineering Institutions. LOL

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June 28,2020

Mandya, Jun 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised an 83-year-old farmer from Malavalli taluk in Mandya district of Karnataka for his efforts in water conservation.

While urging the people to focus on saving water, Modi, in his 'Man Ki Baat' on All India Radio quoted Kamegowda from Dasna Doddi village who single handedly dug small 16 ponds over the years in his farm land and in nearby hill while taking his animals for grazing.

"Kamegowda ji is an ordinary farmer, albeit possessing an extraordinary personality. He has achieved a personal feat that will leave anyone awestruck! Kamegowda ji, aged 80-85 takes out his animals for grazing but at the same time he has taken it upon himself to build new ponds in his area", the PM said in his Mann Ki Baat, a monthly radio address on Sunday.

To overcome problems of water scarcity in the area, Gowda started building small ponds. Thereby, he contributed a lot for water conservation, the PM said.

"... An octagenerarian like Kamegowda ji, till now, has dug 16 ponds through his hard work and the sweat of his brow. It is possible that the ponds he has constructed may not be very big but then his efforts are huge. Today, the entire area has got a new lease of life on account of these ponds," the PM said.

A little effort by us helps nature and environment quite significantly. Many of our countrymen are putting extraordinary efforts in this endeavour, the PM said. 

Kamegowda, used to take his sheep and goats to nearby hill for grazing. After finding no water to sheeps, he started digging ponds to address water scarcity. With collection of rain water, these lakes are brimming with water even during peak summer.

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July 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 19: In the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown imposed till July 23, streets in the Dakshina Kannada district here bore a deserted look today (Sunday) morning.

The state government had allowed relaxation hours between 8 am to 11 am in the week-long total shutdown. However today there was no relaxation. 

All shops including those selling essential commodities were also seen closed in the district today. Besides, barricades were also seen stationed at different junctures on the road.

As per Karnataka's COVID-19 information portal, a total of 59,652 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state, including 36,631 active cases and 21,775 recoveries. So far, 1,240 people have died due to the infection in the state. 

Dakshina Kannada so far recorded 3,311 covid-19 positive cases and 75 deaths.

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May 31,2020

Mangaluru, May 31: A yellow alert has been sounded in eight districts of Karnataka, amidst the Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) prediction that the low pressure area formed over Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep may to intensify further into a cyclonic storm.

The yellow has been sounded in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Hassan, Shivamogga and Chamarajanagara till June 1.

Moderate to heavy rain is expected to lash parts of coastal Karnataka today and tomorrow. 

The IMD has assessed that the situation is favourable for the onset of southwest monsoon. In view of the enhanced cloud cover and the deepening of southwesterly winds up to mid tropospheric levels, the southwest monsoon advanced further.

The IMD has also advised fishermen to avoid fishing in west coast of India from May 31 to June 4.

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