Lok Sabha Question No. 302 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Jobs for Engineering Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 302 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## Jobs for Engineering Students

## †*302. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of students of the engineering colleges of the country who are able to get a job;
- (b) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  percentage  of employment of such engineering students;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up Finishing School in collaboration with the private sector; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  302  FOR  15.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA REGARDING JOBS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

- (a) & (b) : The details regarding students completing their Engineering Degree from the All India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  approved  Engineering  Colleges  and from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are as follows:

| AICTE approved institutions   | AICTE approved institutions   | AICTE approved institutions   | AICTE approved institutions                        |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                       | Academic Year                 | Number of students graduated  | Number of students placed through campus placement |
| 1                             | 2017-18                       | 7,92,970                      | 3,59,193                                           |
| 2                             | 2018-19                       | Not available                 | 4,00,823                                           |
| IITs, NITs, IIITs             | IITs, NITs, IIITs             | IITs, NITs, IIITs             | IITs, NITs, IIITs                                  |
| 3                             | 2018-19                       | 23,298                        | 17,946                                             |

These  figures  do  not  include  the  students  who  got  jobs  directly,  without  going  through campus placements, who are self-employed and those who had taken to higher studies.   The employment  of  engineering  graduates  is  dependent  on  economic  growth  and  increased employment opportunities as a result of economic activities and hence keeps varying.  With Government  of  India  targeting  a  high  growth  path,  the  employment  opportunities  shall increase.  However, to impart the requisite skill set to engineering students to enhance their employability  and  bridge  the  gap  between  industry  needs  and  academic  inputs  to  students provided in technical institutes, AICTE has taken the following initiatives:

- (i) Preparation of outcome based Model Curriculum.
- (ii) Mandatory internship as a part of curriculum.
- (iii) Preparation  of  Perspective  Plan,  as  per  which  AICTE  will  not  allow  new conventional  disciplines  with  low  employment  potential  from  the  academic  year 2020-21 and will allow only new and emerging fields like Artificial Intelligence(AI), Internet of Things(IoT), Block chain, Robotics, Quantum Computing,  Data  Sciences,  Cyber  Security,  3D  Printing  &  Design,  Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality etc. with high employment potential.
- (iv) Initiatives for Teachers' Training for enhancing their core skills and make them upto-date with latest teaching methods.
- (v) Mandatory  signing  of  at  least  5  Memorandum  of  Understandings  (MoUs)  with Industry.
- (vi) Encourage institutions for accreditation of courses to improve quality of education.
- (vii) Start-up initiatives to promote entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- (viii) Organisation of Smart India Hackathons to encourage innovations and act as funnel for 'Startup India'.
- (ix) Industry readiness cell in each institute to strengthen industry institute links.
- (x) Introduction of mandatory induction programme for students / career counselling.

The Government of India is also  implementing  Technical  Education  Quality  Improvement Programme  (TEQIP)  Phase-III,  a  partly  World  Bank  financed  project,  to  enhance  quality, equity  and  employability  in  selected  engineering  education  institutes  and  improve  the efficiency  of  the  engineering  education  system  in  the  country.    Under  the  programme,  the institutions are given financial support to improve their quality.  Students of institutions under TEQIP  also  visit  Indian  Institutes  of  Technology  (IITs)/National  Institutes  of  Technology (NITs)  and  Research  &  Development  facilities  to  increase  their  exposure. AICTE  has partnered  with  Wheebox,  a  Global  talent  assessment  company  and  its  consortium  partners United  Nations  Development  Program  (UNDP),  Confederation  of  Indian  Industry  (CII), Association of Indian Universities (AIU), People Strong and LinkedIn to build & publish the 'India Skills Report 2019'. Wheebox conducts Employability Skill Test (WEST) for all prefinal and final year graduates of AICTE approved institutes. The outcome of the test will help the institute to identify core strength and improvement areas of their students in the form of transcript and certification (Jointly certified by CII & AIU).  The results of these initiatives are  being  reflected  in  the  employability  enhancement  of  the  students  as  per  India  Skills Report, published in November 2018, which indicates that around 57 percent of the final year engineering graduates are found to be employable, an increase of about 5 percentage points since last year.

(c) & (d): In the year 2013, AICTE revamped its finishing school scheme and renamed it as Employability Enhancement Training Program (EETP). The aim of the scheme is to enhance employment amongst the recently graduated engineering students by imparting business and soft  skills  for  sustained  performance  and  to  meet  growing  industry  demands.  Under  the scheme, AICTE has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Academy. Students of  AICTE  approved  colleges  are  trained  in  BSNL  Training  Centres  on  State  of  the  art telecom equipments, while ICT Academy provide training to students of AICTE approved colleges of North -East region under EETP.