UNDP India had conducted a study which reached out to over 3,10,000 students across all the 29 states and 7 union territories and 100 employers, following which it has recently released India Skills Report 2019.
The important takeaways from the India Skills Report 2019 are –
- Andhra Pradesh was ranked 1
- India’s newest state, Telangana,stands at 8th position.
- In Telangana, the highest number of new employees were engineers, and within the engineering course, electronics and communication, electrical, and computer science were the most wanted.
- Arts, science and business management graduates were the second most hired.
- The employment sectors that hired the most is banking financial service and insurance, software/hardware and product manufacturing.
- Telangana state’s talent market is weak in learning ability, adaptability, self-determination and interpersonal skills.
- Employability continues to rise: reaches a new high of 47% this year.
- Employability has increased from 37% to 47.38% in 5 years.
- Engineers still the most employable of the lot , MBA courses lose shine.
- Hiring intent gets more positive this year, 15 % increase in hiring against 2018 hiring numbers.
- Technology companies expected to pick up on hiring after a gap of 3 years.
- In the cities category, Bengaluru claimed the top spot for hiring the most people, followed by Chennai and then Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
- Surprisingly, Hyderabad, which is considered to be the IT hub, housing giant brands such as Google, Infosys, Microsoft and Amazon, does not feature in the list.