Measuring Up

Just one 25 of India’s engineering graduates is fit to work in a software company and less than 1 in six in an IT services company even after six months of training. According to Aspiring Minds, an Indian company that administers AMCAT, a standardized competency test that

evaluates analytical, verbal and quantitative skills as well as personality characteristics, just 4.2% of Indian engineers measure up to work for a software product firm and 17.8% for an IT services company. Students at India’s 100 leading engineering institutions perform better on the test, but 80% of India’s engineering graduates are not from these institutions.