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Engineering Wall's blog - Extremely challenging Job market for engineers - Looking for and creating opportunities will be the key - Are we ready to take it forward?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:04:00 +0000

From one of the article published in Economic Times,
A million engineers in India struggling to get placed in an extremely challenging market

Due to unavailability of Jobs in India –

Students graduating out of India's engineering colleges run the risk of being unemployed.
Others will take jobs well below their technical qualifications in a market where there are few jobs for India's overflowing technical talent pool.

Engineers Graduating V/S New Engineering Jobs (Demand Supply Gap)

According to data from AICTE, the regulator for technical education in India, there were 1,511 engineering colleges across India, graduating over 550,000 students back in 2006-07. Fuelled by fast growth, especially in the $110 billion outsourcing market, a raft of new colleges sprung up -- since then, the number of colleges and graduates have doubled.
A global economic slowdown may have only worsened what is already a bad problem. Even without this slowdown, there are a large number of students who won't get a jobs as estimates says that at best, there are 150,000-200,000 jobs generated annually in the Indian economy and far too many engineers attacking this labour pool.
According to multiple estimates, India trains around 1.5 million engineers, which is more than the US and China combined. However, two key industries hiring these engineers -- information technology and manufacturing -- are actually hiring fewer people than before
What's more, India's technical talent pool is also warped, with almost the same number of engineers as technical graduates from institutes such as ITI. "In developed markets, there is usually one engineer for every ten. This skew is only compounding the woes of engineers in India

Frustrated engineers are taking jobs for which they are overqualified and, therefore, underpaid.

The world of work is evolving... employers increasingly don't care what you know, they focus on what you can do with that knowledge

What Next - What is your strategy and action plan ?

After reading above facts

Can we just rely on IT industries to get hired?
Can manufacturing industries ever become capable to absorb the talent pool of engineers?
Should we just wait and get frustrated and wait for our luck to work for us?

It is high time –

To look beyond the job hunting practice.
Not only to study engineering but also to explore what you can do with engineering knowledge.
To think how new opportunities can be created for engineers.
To think how engineers can overcome the above challenge and how can you contribute in same.
To collaborate with other engineers and engineering students to develop competency and capability to face the demand supply challenge
To think and act as an entrepreneur or to support others who are willing to lead as entrepreneurs.
To engage stakeholders to enhance capacity & capability which in turn can lead to convert innovative ideas into real manufacturing units.

We would request engineers to give a pause from daily routines and to give a sincere though on the challenge, Indian engineers are facing. We need to come together and to think for new solutions, innovation. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions.

You can make a difference and we are here to make it happen !!!

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Mechanical Engineering Questions - The efficiency of diesel engine cycle increases with..

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:23:00 +0000

The efficiency of diesel engine cycle increases with..

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Mechanical Engineering Questions - What is the function of a bearing?

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:00 +0000

What is the function of a bearing?

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Engineering Wall's blog - Let us know your Area of Interests

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:43:00 +0000

Area of Interest - The most important ingredient to success  and it is the subject / field / topic / area of work of which we are passionate to learn more about.  We feel like talking and discussing more about our interest . Here we are referring to Engineering domain..

When we are student we find interest in some subjects like fluid mechanics or robotics or control systems and as we grow as an engineer we may have an interest in a particular industry like steel industry , cement industry or power plants...Some get into passion of learning software / ....

Quality control . energy audits , production planning, programming  are few other area of interest ..

The idea of this post is to understand our area of interest which will certainly  help us to know you better - The area of interest may change based on time / learning/ gaining experience - Doesn't matter what has been the past or what will be the future - We welcome your thoughts / your area of interest in form of comments. It will be good if you can also add the same in your profile.

Mechanical Engineering Questions - Which type of lubrication system is this?

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:12:00 +0000

Which type of lubrication system is this?  please explain

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Mechanical Engineering Questions - What is the Differences between Quality Assurance and Quality Control ?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:23:00 +0000

What is the Differences between Quality Assurance and Quality Control ?

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Power Electronics Blog - Transistors…. constituting the heart of power electronics today (Part-II/MOSFETs)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:30:00 +0000

All MOSFETs are transistors that consists of metal (M), SiO2 (Oxide or O) and Si (Semiconductor or S). MISFET is the general name for Metal-Insular-Semiconductor structures. The most common MISFET is the Si MOSFET, hence the name MOSFET is frequently used. The basic principle of the MOSFET is that the source-to-drain current is controlled by the gate-voltage or better, by the gate electric field. The electric field induces the charge (field effect) at the semiconductor-oxide interface.All MOSFETs are transistors that consists of metal (M), SiO2 (Oxide or O) and Si (Semiconductor or S). MISFET is the general name for Metal-Insular-Semiconductor structures. The most common MISFET is the Si MOSFET, hence the name MOSFET is frequently used. The basic principle of the MOSFET is that the source-to-drain current is controlled by the gate electric field. The electric field induces the charge (field effect) at the semiconductor-oxide interface.

This blog entry () introduces you the Power MOSFETs, its types, deals with things such as: why N-channel MOSFETs are preferred over that of P-channel ones? Why enhancement mode MOSFETs are preferred over depletion mode MOSFETs? N-channel depletion MOSFET, N-channel Enhancement mode MOSFET, their working and char's, Pinch-Off phenomenon, Secondary Breakdown, Transconductance, Switching Characteristics & the Safe Operating Area (SOA) of MOSFETs which plays a very vital role in the safe operation of MOSFETs.

Mechanical Engineering Questions - How Corex Furnace works and what is the difference between corex and blast furnace process. Explain advantage and disadvantages of same.

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:45:00 +0000

How Corex Furnace works and what is the difference between corex and blast furnace process. Explain advantage and disadvantages of same.?

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Power Electronics Blog - Transistors…. constituting the heart of power electronics today (Part-I/BJTs)

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Introduction
Transistors, the most prominent switching devices of modern power electronics, should ideally have zero voltage drop when fully on, zero leakage current in blocking condition, very high voltage ratings, very high current ratings , instant turn-on and turn-off characteristics, sufficient ruggedness. These features are measured using several parameters including safe operating area (SOA) and high temperature-withstand capabilities. Various devices use these features in more or less combinations, depending on which their suitability to diverse applications is decided. They are used as amplifiers as well as switches. Transistors are 2-Junction 3-terminal devices where the application of current (BJT) or voltage (IGBT, MOSFET) to the input terminal increases the amount of charge in the active region.

Although insulated-gate bipolar-transistor (IGBT) and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) technologies outperform BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor), there are applications for which still we need to use BJT, e.g., applications which require voltages <500 V. Moreover, several equipments installed in industries have very great build-ups which make the bipolar junction transistor an excellent device, which is dealt in detail in this blog entry...........(Refer: )

Mechanical Engineering Questions - What is heat treatment and why is it done?

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +0000

What is heat treatment and why is it done?

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