This article titled "Addressing IT's workforce woes" authored by me appeared in Financial Express on 27th April 2012. While Nasscom claims that the demand for IT workforce is going to see a dramatic rise by 2020, where will the people come from? A recent report indicates that employability of Indian engineering graduates is alarmingly low. The article suggests the following. 1) Extend the normal duration of an engineering degree course to accommodate some real industry work experience, Also upgrade the syllabus attune with Industry needs. 2) Create better Industry-Academia interaction and support Innovation and Research, 3) Current Finishing schools are grossly inadequate. The highly visible NSDC ( National skill development council) could play a pivotal role in creating the right platform.Please click Addressing IT's workforce woes or click on the image for viewing the print replica
Very good inputs to improve the quality. One thing I really doubt is that the same body reports that only 50% of students, who get admissions, actually finish the course on time.
ReplyDeleteGood insights into the changes that NSDC can bring in. On the flip side, are there any roles that industry/companies must play its part to improve the employ-ability. I am not sure of the statistics, but the number of project trainees (students working on live projects in IT sector) has gone down drastically in the last decade. We have have heard of some initiatives like a university offering special courses in companies, but have we seen any ODC setup in a university?
ReplyDeleteVery insightful article. Throws up a lot of questions to we IT folks and all other stake-holders. All along we knew that our standard of education apart from IIT/IIM/NIT/Other premiere institutes was not up to the mark. But looks like time is running out now and if we do not take drastic measures, we'll lose the IT edge that we have had so far to countries like China, Philippines, Poland and some Latin American countries. Thanks, Krishna for highlighting this fact in a leading newspaper.
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