Huge 'talent deficit' may hit Corporate India !!!

Hi All,

I dont agree with Deloitte report on Huge Talent deficit in India. I have came across such report around 3-4 years back when the Retail sector has started streamlined with large corporates. I remember on those days every news channel and print media has given such reports but at the end of the day every body has got the adequate talent.

I agree with the points 'VOCATIONAL ......IN EDUCATION SYSTEM' and 'RESERVATION ..... EVERY WHERE'.

We must understand that the Indian society and culture is totally different and Indians have capabiity to adjust any type of environment. adopt new skills quickly etc etc. Such qualities of Indians will not lead to any talent shortage in India.

Secondly the Indian economy, culture and living conditions does not permit us for speciallized courses. Because of the same reason, we have most general courses for any graduation / post graduation. For example, when a mechanical engineer comes out from engineering collage then he / she have the basic level knowledge of HVAC, Automobile, Production, Design, Boilers, Structural engineering etc etc.

But I do agree that we should have more practical aspect covered in the education system so as the person coming out from collage have more then the basic knowledge.

So with above I condemn the reports of Deloitte on talent shortage.

Regards

Praveen varma

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I think this is where Indian education system is lacking, there is no proper industry specific syllabus for students in the universities and colleges across the country, when they come out with a degree most of the employers reject them because they have no idea of what is currently happening in the industry and wouldn't know a thing of recent industry techniques which are out there, as colleges would not have taught them in the first place, so there should be a total shift in the way Indian education system is functioning at the moment, and to start it off they can  do by changing the syllabus according to the various industry specifications.

All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting true knowledge of life, nor it is able to specify the field one is interested in. We all want to become Engineers or Doctors or Computer specialists in IT or Software, which is beyond the reach for many of us, all cannot shine in such a line if not suited later on. So, to overcome disappointments in the working life clarity of thought (Vision) is very important.

Vision is very important, based on it one can shape his /her career. Based on it one can live interesting life doing satisfying job and can achieve remarkable things in some field in the world.  For realizing their potential parental and education system guidance is necessary but it should not interfere in the creativity or individuality of the students.

Most of the today's courses are general and talk about everything possible. The target is to cater the mass of the people and attract them towards the offer. They loose the focus and mis-guide the student in most of the cases. We need to change our approach to make the student specialized in field.

• Skill based courses
• Industry oriented courses
• Practical based courses
• R & D based courses

 A computer course does not means teaching all languages and making them master of none. They should teach one or two on going or upcoming languages and make the people master on them.

Management courses are somewhat specific, but general courses are missing this part. We need to think and act on this area.

Huge talent deficit may be due to reservation of s.c,s.t and o.b.c.  for education and in jobs both .Instead of any reservation facility should be given,because of this there is a great brain drain.

Learning has to have a ROI, not just an investment on supposedly relevant knowledge which is more than less, irrelevant in economic terms. Choice is the prerogative of the student and nobody else. Reforms in the education policy, programmes and innovation in communicating relevant knowledge should be implemented at the earliest. Education Ministry should be revamped, Phd is not a qualification creative enough to conjure or implement reforms. Advertising professionals are more eligible contenders. 

Today most of the graduates be it management, engineers or any professional stream do just plan for a job, mean since the day of inception of their course they dream a job..... irrespective of other career explorations as they have been learning to serve..... the focus of youngesters is to get a job not a better career option because jobis the only and somehow available structure.....

and if we train our people in full regard of their career we must do something innnovative as we should make fuandamental changes in our professional education system by bringing Vocational, Practical, entrepreneurship,corporate and career exposure in education system

The talent crisis originate only because of HR policies because of which the Trained resouce leaves and the New one could not make entry only because the HR thinks that the Profile doesn't matches. This makes the potential candidates to suffer and at the same time the recruting organization suffers. The behaviour of HR in this regards means that some thing is wrong with them or simply means that their wasted interest cannot be fulfilled. Or simply in other words it means that due to cost cutting and time involved in searching the right talent the entire activity is out sourced.

Yes, Strangely its true, what with our IIMs churning out people selling soaps,colas and giving expert ideas to people how to invest in stocks and bonds. These institutions are turning out to be exclusive abode of the elite. I think there should be more institutions catering to the potential leaders who care to contribute to generate force to turn India into a super power. Corporates can afford to take the cream (from IIMs) but what is the left for the base, the back bone on which the corporates want to stand on? The US and the G8 countries are reaping the current downturn with this faulty and selfish ideals of some big corporates.

Hence what India needs is talent at the Govt and SMEs level, genuine contribution in all the sectors with out corruption will go a long way in allround development of this country. No longer we can have  two seminars side by side in a five star hotel, one for the launch of new BMW model and in another one discussing starvation deaths in poverty ridden rural hamlets of India. 

i dont agreewith such report but we also cant ignore the poor education syst