A Study of Socio Economic Status in Relation to Employability of Engineers in India

Abstract

India is very rich in diversity which even extends to the engineering graduates across states. Technical education, during the last decade, was extended through 1000s of Engineering colleges spread across the length and breadth of the country producing over half a million Engineering graduates annually. The objectives of this study are to find out the relationship between socio-economic status and employability skills among the engineering graduates in India, particularly in Tamil Nadu. As reported in Times of India dated Jan.30, 2016, Tamil Nadu may be known for its massive number of engineering colleges, but the graduates they produce do not top in employability. The students in most of the engineering colleges are from different socio-economic status/background coming from different places. The socioeconomic status of the family plays an important role in personality development of the students. The present study tries to find the extent to which the socio- economic status is a barrier in being employable and it also aims at providing means to overcome the present day menace of unemployability.