> “They have been cut off from society, they are unaware of current affairs, and are desperately in need of our induction programme for freshers where we try to re-orient them to society and the institute,” the (IIT) professor said on the condition of anonymity. This skill gap haunts them even when they graduate. Despite all the hard work engineering students put in, a survey conducted in 2019 found that 80 per cent of engineers “are not fit for any job in the knowledge economy and only 2.5 per cent of them possess technical skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that industry requires”
The survey was looking at all engineers, not IIT graduates. If someone did a survey of IIT graduates specifically, I doubt even 1% would qualify as "unfit for any job". There is nothing in the survey which lends support to the idea that all their time spent studying "haunts them even when they graduate".
Not to mention the insinuation that "only 2.5 per cent of them possess technical skills in Artificial Intelligence" is a bad outcome for IIT graduates. The vast majority of engineers choose not to specialize in AI... because there are tons of alternative areas to focus on. This is also completely unrelated to the IIT prep culture.
I hate to generalize, but journalists in every country seem to have a real axe to grind against engineers. Presumably because we're their polar opposites in every way. And we also make a lot more money than they do... which must really get under their skin.