Government said on Tuesday steps are being taken to overcome the shortage of quality engineers in the IT industry.
National Association of Software and Services Companies has raised the issue of lack of employability of engineering graduates in IT and IT enabled Services sectors, Minister of State for Human Resources Development D Purandeswari said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
The minister said to improve the situation, All India Council for Technical Education is taking advice regarding IT courses and their upgradation from the All India Board of Studies in Information Technology under it.
Besides, a programmes of finishing schools for unemployed engineering graduates to prepare them for IT and ITeS industry has been taken
up in the current financial year.
Purandeshwari also informed that various Indian Institutes of Technology have requested for financial assistance.
Answering a separate question, the minister referred to a World Bank study that said 9 per cent of graduates of the country are unfit for employment and said it was conducted for improvement of quality.
To a different question, Purandeshwari said the Union government is coming up with 14 world-class universities in the country in the 11th Plan period. The locations and other details of these universities have not yet been finalised.
The minister also said a proposal for regulation of entry and operation of Foreign Educational Institutes in the country is under consideration.
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