Technical Education Graduates : A Critical Study of Skills-Set Requirements of Indian Industries across Different Verticals

Acquisition of skilled and competent manpower at entry levels in different verticals of the industries in India is one of their most critical concerns. The present study presents a lucid analysis of the job descriptions of different profiles offered by Indian companies during their campus placement drives in technical education institutions in Uttar Pradesh. Authors have attempted to analyze the job descriptions and the corresponding skills-set required by companies and the endeavors made by the institutions to empower their students with those required skills-set for ensuring their placements with suitable CTC packages. Job descriptions and skills-set requirements of 28 companies operating in diverse industry verticals and offering entry level positions to under-graduate and post-graduate students of a technical education institution constituted the sample of the study. Personality development endeavors undertaken of the institution to match requisite manpower requirements of the companies were critically analyzed to draw a best fit solution. Since globally recruits at entry levels in companies are supposed to possess necessary skills-set matching industry expectations and requirements, therefore the