The document proposes reforms to improve the employability of engineering graduates in India. It identifies a lack of practical skills as the main reason for high unemployment. The key proposals are: 1. Mandating industries to train undergraduate students, with tax incentives for companies. This could train 400,000-500,000 students annually. 2. Including liberal arts, science and humanities courses to develop well-rounded, creative engineers. 3. Forming a student federation across engineering branches to share information and innovations. The proposals aim to provide all students with industrial training, specialized skills, and reduce unemployment.

1. THE REFORM NATION
THEORY
TEAM THE REFORMISTS
ARUTCHELVAN U.,SHARATH KUMAAR G.J., ARUNKUMAR S.,
SABEER NIHAD N., RAM PRASANTH A.

2. E
D
U
C
A
T
I
O
N
SKILL DEVELOPMENT &
TRAINING
EMPLOYABILITY
EDUCATION & TRAINING

3. Cause
Consequence
Implication
EVALUATION
BASED ON
MARKS
LACK OF
SKILLS &
MERE
GRADES
UNEMPLOY-
ABILITY
&
UNEMPLO-
YMENT

4. WHY ENGINEERS?
UNEMPLOYABILITY
&
UNEMPLOYMENT

5. Skills Description
Communication Ability to present ideas with confidence
thorough aural, oral and written modes to the
larger community
Competence in
Application & Practice
The ability to use techniques, skills and modern
engineering tools
Interpersonal or Team
Working skills
Ability to effectively work as a team or as a
leader
Engineering
Problem solving &
Decision Making
The ability to undertake problem Identification,
apply problem solving techniques & formulations
Competent in specific
Engineering Discipline
In depth Technical Competence of specific
Engineering Disciplines
Understanding
Professional, social,
ethical responsibilities
Ability to understand cultural, global, social and
environmental responsibilities
Lifelong Learning The ability to recognize the need to acquire
knowledge and the capacity to do so
REQUIRED ENGINEERING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

6. Learning
Changing
DoingAnalyzing
Doing again
SOLUTION
PROPOSED
Training & Skill
Development Plan
Categorize and prioritize the
recommendations on basis of
Impact & Feasibility
Process for
Implementation
Design, develop and Include
the process for
Implementation
Implementation
By increasing the choices of course
study & enabling greater freedom &
flexibility
Real time Training in Hard
Skills(Technical) in several
well established factories.
Inclusion of
several
Liberal arts,
science &
humanities
subjects for
techies to
develop
freethinking
& creativity

7. Engineer
Creative
Scientific
Economic/Socially
Responsible
Inclusion of Liberal Arts and Science Courses to enable
Engineers to think beyond any boundaries
Courses like Calligraphy, Drawing, Painting, History,
Literature etc., enable a man to relax himself, feel stress free
and build up his knowledge on a wider spectrum thereby
leading to the CREATION OF LEADERS rather than followers
Application of the basic and applied Scientific
principles in each and every aspect of his career
and life will surely lead to a better tomorrow.
Implementing all his technical and scientific
knowledge onto every job or task enables that
he/she remains a scientific and educated person.
Being active in services to the poor and needy through several campaigns,
clubs, associations etc., enables an engineer to be a true human being.
It makes him/her think for a greater cause than for themselves which benefits
them and the nation in the long run
I can
continue
growing
only if I help
others grow

8. CASE STUDY (Tamil Nadu)
The Central & the State government should make it mandatory for every
SMALL/MEDIUM/LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES both public and private to train a
proportionate amount of the under graduate Engineering Students based on the type
and size of their industrial facility.
This can be encouraged by giving certain tax cuts based on the number of students
they train and based on the feedback from the students on the training received.
Around 4,00,000 – 5,00,000 students can be trained per year by this initiative.
Students of all Four years of Engineering can be trained through this model.
REFORMISTS FEDERATION
Formation of a single Federation for all the Branches of
Engineering and enabling sharing of information and other
Technological innovations with several other students from all
backgrounds (academic / economic/ social).
Every college should make sure that every student joins the
Federation and contributes to the successful knowledge sharing
and skill development of one and all.

9. Number of Under
graduate
Engineering
students passing
out in Tamil Nadu
1,85,000
Number of
Factories in Tamil
Nadu (All
SSI/MSI/LSI)
3,87,597
No of students
trained by the
proposed theory
In the coming
academic years.
All
1,85,000
In each class only
the top 10% of
the students are
Trained in
companies,
whereas the rest
90% students are
unable to get the
necessary
Industrial
Training .
The proposed
model will enable
every student to
get the necessary
industrial training
from any industry
through proper
channel.
Increase in skills
will lead to
specialization in
several other
disciplines too.
PartialityandDemotivation
InclusiveDevelopment
Current status Proposed
Development

10. CASE STUDY (Tamil Nadu)
Small Scale Industries
Several organized & unorganized
small work shops and Tier III
supporters to Tier I industries.
Present Work Force
15,00,000 – 25,00,000.
Number of students to be trained
1,00,000(one trainer for every 2
trainees)
Medium scale Industries
Several Suppliers and logistic
support companies for the OEMs
and the large scale industries.
Several small construction
Companies. Several Textile &
allied Industries(Tier II industries)
Present Work Force
10,00,000 – 15,00,000
Number of students to be trained
3,00,000 (One Trainer for every
5 trainees)
Large scale Industries
BMW, Tata group, Bharat Benz,
Ashok Leyland, Caterpillar, Ford,
Hyundai, Royal Enfield, TVS Group,
Renault Nissan, JK Group, L&T,
Nokia, Cisco, BHEL, NLC, ICF,
HVF,….(Tier I industries)
Present Work Force
85,000 – 1,50,000
Number of students to be trained
1,50,000(One trainer for every
10 trainees)
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300
400
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600
700
800
Agriculture
Manufacturing
NonManufacturing
PublicAdministration
Construction
Transport&…
Trade
others
Employment In
Various Industrial
Sectors
1999-2000 2004-2005
2009-2010
In
millions

11. FINANCING
• Contribution of every student under a mutually beneficial and reasonable scale of Rs.1000
per student per year.
• Increased and Strategically deployed central and state funding( 5% increase from the
present allocation )
• Funding streams connected to outcomes( Greater Research and research aides,
apprentice, better industry-academics relationship )
GOVERNANCE
An Autonomous organization directly under the control of the Planning Commission
integrated to every Institute of High Learning in India.
EXCELLENCESPECIALIZATIONEXPANSION
 Free Learning Centric
Approach
 Faculty development
Programs
 Globalization & Creation
of Alliances and
Networks
 Institutional Differentiation
 Widespread use of latest
available technologies
 Reducing the knowledge
gap between the rural and
urban students
 Easy model adaptable for
every Indian State.
 Narrowing the spectrum of
study while widening the
opportunities to learn &
work
 Nurturing several artistic &
leadership skills through
long term access to the
industries.
OUTCOMES
Improved teaching, research & skill
development across all disciplines and
different group of students.

12. References
• Reports of the Planning Commission of India
• National Skill development Authority of India
• Several reports from the daily Newspapers, Magazines (The
Hindu, India today etc.,)
• Reports from the World Bank
• Reports from NASSCOM
• Reports from the state Industrial Departments
• Several comments on social networking sites
• National Employability Study - Aspiring Minds
• Employability of Indian Engineering Graduates, Prof. R.
Natarajan
• Youth employability and unemployment , International labor
Organization
• Youth employment and unemployment, Prof.Mahadev.
• Other Internet sources.