Government data from 2022 shows that nearly 30% of graduates are unemployed. This rate is
even higher for graduates from prestigious institutions like the Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs), where less than 70% find jobs. A detailed analysis reveals that for every 1%
increase in engineering graduates over the past decade, IIT graduate employment rates have
dropped by 1.296. This indicates that the number of graduates is growing faster than the job
market can absorb.
India, once hailed as a global hub for engineering talent, is facing a crisis. A recent report by Xpheno, a specialist staffing firm, reveals a shocking truth: there are less than 2,000 senior AI engineers in India capable of building core AI products — a mere drop in the bucket compared to the over 220,000 software engineers the country boasts. This points to a fundamental flaw in our
education system — a broken pipeline that fails to adequately preparestudents for the demands of the real world…
