India's employability rises to 47%; engineers most employable: Study

India Skills Report says 57 per cent of the final-year engineering graduates were employable, an increase of about five percentage points since last year.

The percentage of employable population in India grew to 47 per cent this year, with engineers being the most employable, a report said Thursday.

Employability rose by 14 percentage points in the last five years, from 33 per cent in 2014, according to India Skills Report, which was jointly published by Wheebox, PeopleStrong and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Around 57 per cent of the final-year engineering graduates were found to be employable, an increase of about five percentage points since last year, the report said.

Employability among masters of business administration (MBA) graduates, however, has dropped by three percentage points over