🚨 India’s Youth Unemployment Crisis: Degrees Without Jobs?

India stands at a critical juncture.

With 65% of its population under 35, we are sitting on a potential demographic dividend. Yet, as the India Employment Report highlights, 83% of the unemployed are youth—many with secondary or higher education. A sobering statistic.

But education alone is no longer a guarantee for employment. Why?

🛑 Skill mismatch – Over 75% of Indian youth between 18–25 cannot operate basic tools like Excel or email effectively.

🛑 Outdated curricula – What’s taught in colleges is often obsolete in today’s job market.

🛑 Overdependence on government jobs – With limited capacity, the public sector cannot employ the millions entering the workforce annually.

🛑 Rise of AI & automation – Manual, repetitive jobs are vanishing, and new jobs demand advanced, adaptable skills.

🛑 Dominance of informal sector – Most jobs lack security, benefits, and a living wage.

💡 What’s the way forward?

✔️ Industry-academia collaboration to redesign courses

✔️ Make placements a measure of institutional performance

✔️ Early skill development from school level through tinkering & innovation labs

✔️ Equip youth for global opportunities—not just local jobs

✔️ Focus on digitization, upskilling, and continuous learning

India’s demographic advantage won’t last forever—it may fade by 2040. If we don’t act now to bridge the skill gap, we risk squandering our greatest asset: our people.

Let’s move from demographic dividend to demographic empowerment. 🚀

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