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India produces best engineers, must tap their talent, say global CEOs
Universities and colleges globally must nurture the talent towards New Age technologies: Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO at SOLIDWORKS
 "India produces best engineers, must tap their talent, say global CEOs")
Less than 8% engineers fit for core roles: Study
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. 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 ...
