I had to speak about the employability of a freshly prepared graduate, walking out of the college and into a company. The time given to me was 40 minutes.

1. “
”
GOOD AFTERNOON.
ANIRBAN SAHA.
BENGAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DURGAPUR.

2. “
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30%OF INDIAN GRADUATES ARE
EMPLOYABLE.
SURVEY
THE TIMES OF INDIA, JANUARY 2014

3. “
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64%EMPLOYERS UNHAPPYWITH
GRADUATES RECRUITED.
SURVEY
FICCI REPORT, DECEMBER 2013

5. TALENT OVER SKILL.
ALWAYS.
BUT IF EVERYONE AROUND IS TALENTED, HOW DOES ONE JUDGE?

6. “I HAVE SKILLS.”
HOW DO I SHOW THEM?
PRESENTATION SKILLS.

7. BLOGGING &
PERSONAL BRANDING.
PRESENTATION SKILLS.

8. WRITING A PROPER
RESUME.
PRESENTATION SKILLS.

9. GAINING NEWER SKILLS
NEWER TECHNOLOGIES:
a. DOT NET, ADVANCED JAVA ( JSP, JSON, ANGULAR JS, JS, JQUERY), API, HTML5.
b. DATA SCIENCE, ALGORITHM ANALYSIS.
c. DIGITAL MARKETING, BRANDING.

10. BE
ENTREPRENEURIAL.
THINK BEYOND TCS, CTS, WIPRO, INFOSYS.
KNOW MORE ABOUT MU SIGMA, FLIPKART AND VARIOUS OTHER STARTUPS.
HAVE YOUR OWN CAMPUS STARTUP.

11. INTERESTED IN GAME MAKING?
#1:
Learn relevant
technologies
#2:
Upload and check
response.
#3:
Connect to start
ups.
Example: Virtual Infocom
Example: unity script
Entrepreneurship
Generate IDEAS!
#4:
Go for masters!
Example: Centre of Digital Media, Canada.
WORK.

12. “
”
TOP HIRING DESTINATION:
MAHARASTRA, DELHI, TAMIL NADU, ANDHRA
PRADESH & WEST BENGAL.
INDIA SKILLS REPORT 2015
THE HINDU, NOVEMBER 2014

13. KEY SKILLS:
CORE SKILLS
(RIGHT AMOUNT OF) CONFIDENCE
CRITICAL THINKING
CREATIVE THINKING
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
EXPERIENCE WITH REAL WORLD PROBLEMS.
PERSONALITY SKILLS
BUSINESS ETHICS
PROFESSIONALISM.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
LISTENING SKILLS.
SPEAKING SKILLS.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
Research: Employability and skill set of newly graduated engineers in India.
Andreas Blom, Hiroshi Saeki (World Bank)

14. REGROUPING SKILLS.
CORE EMPLOYABILITY SKILL
INTEGRITY
SELF DISCIPLINE, RELIABILITY
SELF MOTIVATED & ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL.
TEAM WORK.
WILLINGNESS TO LEARN.
FLEXIBILITY.
EMPATHY.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
IDENTIFY, FORMULATE AND SOLVE
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.
DESIGN SOLUTIONS TO REAL WORLD
PROBLEMS.
USE APPROPRIATE / MODERN TOOLS TO SOLVE
THE PROBLEM.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
DESIGN, ARRANGE AND INTERPRET DATA.
READING.
VERBAL COMMUNICATION.
COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH.
Research: Employability and skill set of newly graduated engineers in India.
Andreas Blom, Hiroshi Saeki (World Bank)

15. “
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MASS RECRUITERS: 3-4L PA,
START UPS: 8 – 15 L PA.
REPORT.
THE ECONOMIC TIMES, OCTOBER 2014

16. “
”
START UPS
TAKE LESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
IF THEY FIT THE BILL.
SPOKEN
NASSCOM PRODUCT CONCLAVE 2015

18. “
”
COLLEGE IS AN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION.
NOT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE.
DIFFERENCES IN EXPECTATIONS.
PROMISES   DELIVERY.

19. “
”
ASK ME QUESTIONS.
I WOULD ANSWER THEM.
ANIRBAN SAHA

20. WHAT DID I DO IN BCET
TO BECOME EMPLOYABLE?
SKIT. NIT DGP. IIT KGP. ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELL. NEN. BLOGGING.
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE. START UPS IN KOLKATA. EVERY COLLEGE WORK.

21. LIFE AFTER
BCET.
ISI KOL. TCS KOL. PHOTOGRAPHY. KOLKATA BLOGGERS.
PRODUCT MANAGER IN A START UP.