Bengaluru: The 103-year-old Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is the only Indian institution to figure in the Global Employability List 2012. The Bangalore-based research institution , which first made it to the list in 2011, has moved up from 134 to 35.
The list, which includes top-notch institutions like Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, OxfordBSE 0.00 %, Stanford, MIT, Columbia , Princeton, Imperial College of London and Goethe-University , Frankfurt , in its top 10, was done in collaboration with French consulting firm Emerging and German institute Trendence , which specializes in recruitment. "Employers are always looking for strong skill sets from employees. Since researchers and doctoral students have strong technical skills in specialized areas, they are much sought after by employers," IISc director P Balaram, said on Thursday.
"The strength of IISc lies in its ability to recruit talented faculty and bright students from all over the country . Heterogeneity has always helped the institution in its quest for new and fresh ideas. Our students, who are brilliant , are easily employable after they complete their course," he said. Interestingly, Asian universities , particularly Chinese , are creating an eco-system to foster academic excellence — Peking University is one among four mainland Chinese varsities in the top 100.
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The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore must be congratulated for not only staying on this elite list, but actually jumping nearly a hundred places up the ranking. At the same time, we must worry about why no other Indian university makes it to the top 150 in the world in terms of the employability of their graduates. In contrast, for instance, China has four. Clearly, much more needs to be done, both in terms of investments in higher education and ensuring that the investment is well-utilised if we are not to miss the bus. Our huge population can be an asset if it is provided the right skills, if not it can become a huge problem.
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