Current Scenario of The Education Sector In India (April 2017)

With every passing year, students in India will continue to pass out of a college/university, with high marks and good grades - thanks to their question banks and brilliant tutors who know of every type of paper pattern that may come. What our very own bureaucratic leaders fail to understand, is the need of an educational system which is dynamic in nature and that which goes beyond textbooks/course packs.

A study conducted by the ASSOCHAM Education Committee (AEC) noted that only 7 per cent of the pass-outs are actually employable in India, excepting graduates from IIMs. Also, of the 15 lakh engineering graduates India produces every year, 20-30 per cent of them do not find jobs and many others get jobs well below their technical qualification.

In the real world, be it working with a corporate, your family business set-up or a start-up venture, you require people skills. Leadership isn't easy. Neither is dealing with people.

Leadership isn't easy. Neither is dealing with people.

Merely having fancy degrees and accolades coupled with the finest workforce (in terms of technical skills) in the country, is not going to help you rise into a management position, if you don,t have the necessary skill set.

In four years, India will have the world's largest population of working people, about 87 crore in all - and dealing with the younger generation is going to be tough. You will witness the evolution of younger leaders, as corporates groom their internal future leaders; industry acknowledges the contribution of Gen Y at the workplace and start-ups in the country further bloom.

In a survey published in The Economic Times , millennials in the age group of 15 - 25 years say that the most important skills for future jobs are inspiring others and leadership capability.

Where does this lead the learning scape to?

Academia and industry are two different worlds which operate on different pedestals. Both have different purposes and different ideologies. However, the rapid pace of change in the outside environment is compelling these two different worlds to come together to address and solve some of the real-world challenges.

With an aim to address the pitfalls we are currently facing accompanied with the Skill India Mission of the Government of India, we seek to provide skill development trainings in the areas of leadership, management and entrepreneurship.

These trainings will help develop an individual's people skills at the very nascent levels, leading to a better experience when they jump into the workplace, either as entrepreneurs or employees. The modules also assist in linking classroom theory to the practical world, through experiential learning, imparting the necessary knowledge to participants. It fulfills the dual purpose of learning and fun.