Lok Sabha Question No. 1282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Jobless IT Graduates
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1282

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 25.07.2018

## JOBLESS IT GRADUATES

## 1282      SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that B.Tech graduates are not fit for hiring by the IT firms due to skill shortages;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has received any report regarding the issue;
- (c) whether the Government has received any complaint regarding learnability and the skill development deficiency therein; and
- (d) if so, the steps Government proposes to take to tackle the problems of unemployment of the engineers in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a), (b) and (c):  The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has  indicated  that  shortage  of  skilled  talent  in  Science,  Technology,  Engineering  and Mathematics (STEM) sector persists in India.

The Indian IT Industry is increasingly looking at new skill-sets and subject matter experts to continue  on  the  evolution  growth  path.  New  job  roles  in  areas  such  as  Internet  of  Things, Artificial  Intelligence,  Cyber  Security,  Data  Science,  Mobile  App  development,  etc  are evolving,  which  is  giving  rise  to  a  new  breed  of  domain  experts.  New  job  roles  requiring different  skill-sets  are  appearing  and  earlier  jobs  based  on  older  skill-sets  are  losing  their relevance.

(d): Government has taken several measures to bridge the skill gaps required by IT sector which includes the following:-

-  MeitY  has  signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with  NASSCOM,  to collaborate and  strengthen  their  cooperation  in the field  of  skill  development particularly with respect to the re-skilling and up-skilling imperative in areas of new and  emerging  technologies,  with  Government  acting  as  an  enabler/facilitator.  The content  of  collaboration  includes  enabling  a  Skill  Development  and  Continuous Learning  Framework  whereby,  NASSCOM  shall  endeavour  to  support  MeitY  by making available its skill  development initiatives that focus on content, evangelism and  industry  connects,  to  enable  the  re-skilling  and  up-skilling  imperative  for  the Information  Technology  -  Business  Process  Management  (IT-BPM)  Industry  and related stakeholders in India.
-  NASSCOM has  launched  a  future  skills  platform  for  Business  to  Business  (B2B) skilling of company sponsored IT professionals (http://futureskills.nasscom.in/).
-  AICTE's SWAYAM and MHRD's NPTEL are made available to educate individuals across legacy and new-age technologies such as Cloud computing, Data Science/ Big Data and Analytics etc.
-  In addition, various measures have been taken by the National Institute of Electronics and  Information  Technology  (NIELIT)  and  Centre  for  Development  of  Advanced Computing  (CDAC),  autonomous  Scientific  Societies  of  MeitY  for  enhancing  the employability of engineering graduates which are given at Annexure .

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Annexure

## 1. National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)

-  NIELIT  has  signed  an  MoU  with  AICTE  under  their  Employability  Enhancement Training  Programme  (EETP),  which  aims  to  help  produce  engineering  graduates adequately equipped  with  required  skills to achieve  the highest personal  and professional standards by means of intensive hands-on training to enable the Indian technical expertise globally acceptable.
-  NIELIT caters to provide the formal and non-formal education for the youths of the country  through  array  of  skill  development  programmes  upto  NSQF  level  8  in  ITITeS & Electronic Sector. To provide additional skills to the engineering graduates, NIELIT offers following specialised/skill development programmes in the field of IT & Electronics having eligibility criteria as B.Tech/ pursuing B.Tech.:
- -Certificate course in EMI and EMC for Electronic Product Design
- -PG Diploma in IOT
- -PG Diploma in VLSI & Embedded Hardware Design
- -PG Diploma in Industrial Automation System Design
- -Certificate programme on system Verilog and UVM
- -PG Diploma in Embedded Real Time Systems
- -PG Diploma in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing
- -Advanced Diploma in VLSI Physical Design Engineer
- -PG Diploma in Embedded System Design
- -Certificate Course in Cyber Forensic
- -PG Diploma in Cloud Computing
- -PG Diploma in IoT and AI for Industry 4.0
- -Advanced Diploma in Big Data Analytics
- -Advanced Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

## 2. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)

-  CDAC  offers  IT  skills  enhancement  courses  curriculum  programmes  which  are available to the B.Tech students to make them Industry ready. Every year over 10,000 students  apply  for  the  C-DAC  PG  Diploma  courses  oriented  towards  IT  Industry requirements to enhance the programming and advanced technical skills.
-  In the last four years CDAC provided training to over 21,423 students in eleven Post Graduate  Diploma  Courses  (NSQF  level  8)  through  a  network  of  over  30  training centres located in pan India.
-  C-DAC  has  taken  the  initiative  to  provide  the  finishing  training  to  unemployed engineers  to  provide  the  advance  technical  training  thorough  its  Post  Graduate Diploma in Advanced ICTE areas such as:
- -PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)
- -PG Diploma in Mobile Computing (PG-DMC)
- -PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)
- -PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
- -PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)
- -PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA)
- -PG Diploma in Internet of Things (PG-DIoT)
- -PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
- -PG Diploma in HPC System Administration (PG-DHPCSA)
- -PG Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation & Health Informatics (PG-DBIHI)
- -PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)

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