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Why are Indian engineers not employable? IIT heads blame poor infra

An average of 1.5 million graduate engineers pass out every year in India

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BS Web Team New Delhi
What do the heads of the country’s top tech institutes think about the debate around employability of Indian engineering graduates? 

There is indeed a real concern about employability because of the large number of Indian engineering students graduating ever year, outdated curriculum, poor teaching infrastructure and a shortage of good faculty, said IIT directors, according to a report published by The Economic Times.

Recently, a survey had claimed that 95 per cent of engineers in the country are not fit to take up software development jobs. The study had further noted that while more than