siliconindia | | December 20164The Government of India is on an aggressive path to become third largest economy of the world by 2030. While `Make in India' remains the flagship initiative in this direction, all other development programs like Digital India, Smart Cities, Skill India, Housing for All and Start Up India seek to complement it. They collectively envision India as a high-functioning economy focused on industry, innovation and entrepreneurship; the promotion of investor confidence; job creation; the development of infrastructure; and achieving total digital connectivity. However, handling the large number of youth in the country remains one of the biggest challenges and it seems like there are not much effort has been taken to equip the young generation with necessary skills to benefit from these new opportunities. This year, when a New Delhi-based employment solutions company, Aspiring Minds looked into the employability of specialised and new careers that are available to engineers, other than core IT and software roles, it revealed that less than 8 percent of Indian engineers are employable in core engineering roles. According to this report, 97 percent of graduating engineers want jobs in either software engineering or core engineering and only 3 percent have suitable skills to be employed in software or product market while only 7 percent can handle core-engineering tasks. Now, this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed by the country's technical educational establishments, which are releasing around 1.5 million into the job market every year. Considering the recent developments in the Indian political landscape, a `surgical strike' may not be a feasible solution to revive the higher education in India from the dismal state. However, few institutions in the country produce highly employable engineers and if the rest can follow their path, eventually, we can definitely change our status from a developing country to a developed country. Under the title, '25 Best Colleges to Hire From, 2016' this issue of SiliconIndia Education focuses on institutions, which are preparing students for a successful career after graduation. On the Cover, we feature, WOW Kids, a Goa-based preschool chain that offer women in the country a hassle free way to become entrepreneurs.Enjoy Reading. ShyamSpecial Editorshyam@siliconindia.comMissing the Core CompetenciesEditorialsiliconindia Vol 5 Issue 8 SE - December 2016 Education Editor-in-Chief Pradeep Shankar Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Special Editor Shyam Editorial Team Sneha Choudhury Amrutha Ram Emmanuel Christi Das GM- Sales & Marketing Jaya Arora Sales Team Jyoti Sharma Akash Vikas Vineeta Advertising Queries No 501 & 502 -5th floor Vishal Tower, Janakapuri District Center Janakapuri, New Delhi- 110058 T: 011 45992100 Editorial queries edu_editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/magazine-in or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com. Cover price is Rs 100 per issue.Printed & published by Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of siliconMedia technologies Pvt Ltd. No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017 and Printed at Precision Fototype Service, # 13, Sathyanarayana Temple Street, Halsuru, Bangalore 560008 Editor Pradeep ShankarCopyright © 2016 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comSr.Visualiser Maitreyee Visualiser Vimalraj MDelhi NCRJaya AroraBranch ManagerCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalGroup Art Director Ashok Kumar
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