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White Papers
 
Authored and published by Aspiring Minds research and development team, these white papers touch a variety of topics in helping understand assessment, human capital quality and mapping.


  • Employability of Engineers State Wise 2011
     
    Technical education in India has scaled over the last decade boasting of 1000s of engineering colleges spread across the length and breadth of the country producing over half a million engineering graduates annually. The study show the drop in percentage of employability of engineers across different states for diffeent sectors. Aspiring Minds Research cell has done advanced statistical studies to uncover the core reasons for the dramatic variation in the quality of talent being produced.
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  • Graduate Aspirations - A Study By Aspiring Minds Research Cell
     
    Aspiring Minds recently conducted a study to understand what kind of sectors and job profiles do fresh graduates prefer. A survey was conducted at two metros which attracts graduates looking for jobs from across the country. A total of more than 7500 candidates were sampled. All non-engineering degrees including B.Sc., BCA, B.Com., BBA, BA, BHM, etc. were included in the survey.
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  • National Employability Study IT/ITeS - Latest Report
     
    Recently Aspiring Minds has again conducted the employability study of technical graduates based on the results of AMCAT conducted for final year engineering and MCA students across the country. The latest study by Aspiring Minds gives an insight into the low employability of IT graduates and provide an estimate of number of candidates require training to be eligible for any job in the IT/ITeS sector. It also says technical engineers have an edge over MCA graduates in IT product roles and KPO.
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  • North East Campus Placement Report
     
    As the Government is thinking about setting up approximately 50 colleges in the North East, a major question is about the future of the students passing out from these colleges. A good curriculum, a brilliant set of students cannot fill up the vacuum in placements marred by civil unrest in the region. This report is about a comparison of placement scenario across various colleges which reveals a dichotomy in number of companies visiting North East colleges vs colleges in the other parts of the country. It also says the corporate sector and innovative solutions will play a role in improving the situation and building labour inclusivity. [Download ]


  • National Employability Study IT/ITeS
     
    Aspiring Minds has conducted India’s first employability study of technical graduates based on the results of AMCAT conducted for more than 40,000 engineering and MCA students (in final year) across the country. AMCAT covers all objective parameters for adjudging employability in the IT/ITeS sector including English Communication, Quantitative skills, problem-solving skills and Computer Science and Programming skills. Employability figures are based on actual hiring benchmarks on AMCAT scores set by multiple companies in IT/ITeS related sectors. The study also investigates which skills are deficient in particular group of candidates with regard to different sectors. [Download ]


  • Challenges and Concerns with International Personality Assessments
     
    Often, companies use personality tests constructed outside India for the purpose of recruitment, promotion inputs and training–requirement analysis. This white paper argues by means of analyzing the structure of these tests that international tests are not reliable in the Indian context. The paper talks about the need for an effective Personality Inventory for entry level hiring in India and concludes with recommendations on the features a personality test should have to work in the Indian scenario. [Download ]


  • National Talent Map – A beginning
     
    India is a vast country with a very large working population. Often companies big and small grapple with the task of figuring out where the talent pool of their interest lies. This report is a beginning in mapping the quality of Engineering in various parts of India. [Coming Soon]


  • Personality Assessment – Matching people to the right jobs
     
    While personality assessment over the years has grown in relevance world wide, India now has access to a personality inventory designed for the Indian masses. The context - Indian, someone who has never faced a job, language - AMPI has proven to map the right people for particular job streams making sure attrition is controlled and performance is predictable. [Coming Soon]