It deals with the employability of Indian graduates for an AI-enabled workplace.
Key Findings
- Overall Employability of Indian Graduates: Saw a decline from 44.3% (2023) to 42.6% (2024) particularly driven by non-technical skills like human resources, digital marketing, etc.
- Indian graduates have however displayed highest employability amongst technical job roles like Artificial Intelligence (AI), etc.
- Gender Disparity: 43.4% of male graduates are employable, compared to 41.7% for female graduates.
- Employability across Colleges: Graduates from Tier 1 colleges have the highest employability.
- Employability across soft Skills: 50% of Indian graduates are proficient in soft skills like emotional intelligence, creativity, etc.
Reasons for Low Employability of Indian Graduates
- Education system gaps: Indian colleges focus more on theory than practical skills.
- AI disrupting jobs: Automation is changing job roles, requiring continuous upskilling.
- 28% of employers believe that a significant transformation of technical skills will be required for a third of their talent base in 2025 to remain competitive.
- Soft Skills Deficit: Educational programs overlook critical workplace abilities like communication, teamwork and critical thinking, etc.
Some Initiatives to Increase Employability in India
- Skill Development: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme, etc.
- Women Employability: Stand Up India, Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN (WISE-KIRAN), etc.
