| | 8 JULY 2019HIGHERReviewIN MY VIEW"B. Tech (Fail): Emp-ty seats, ghost cam-puses, unskilled graduates"No, these are not lines from a hor-ror movie for engineering students; these are recent headlines of major Indian newspapers! They discuss how engineering, once the most preferred career choice among students, is now no longer a good career option for them. Students are now not choosing to go for engineering anymore. In the last five years, vacancies at engineer-ing institutes approved by the AICTE have remained over 47 percent, with the 2016-17 witnessing almost 54 percent seat vacancy. This is because of the unfortunate state of engineers in today's world. It was believed that studying engi-neering would lead to a promising career, but the reality is very differ-ent. There are over 15 lakh students who graduate with an engineering degree in India each year. But 80-90 percent of them do not have the skills to get a good job once they graduate. The curriculum of colleges fails to impart the hard and soft skills essen-tial for this. For a lot of students who do land a job, it is typically a menial one, such as in a call center, and the salary is low. The few students who manage to bag a good job often make ill-informed career choices. Without knowing what career they want to pursue, they take up the jobs avail-able at hand. Eventually, this leads to the individual being unsatisfied with the job, leading to resentment and frustration. Therefore, most individ-By Vikram Shah, CTO, InternshalaINDIA IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ENGINEERING EDUCATION CRISISInternshala is a technology company on a mission to equip students with relevant skills & practical exposure through internships and online trainings. Imagine a world full of freedom and possibilities.
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