"The government of India has said it needs to add 800 new universities, in part to avoid a shortfall of 1.6 million university-educated engineers by the end of

"The government of India has said it needs to add 800 new universities, in part to avoid a shortfall of 1.6 million university-educated engineers by the end of the decade."... That's wildly optimistic. The reality is unemployment rate for indian engineering graduates now ranges from an optimistic 50% upto 80%.. [1] http://www.livemint.com/Industry/HCWB4sLvFBxfIFyNBYtqOP/Degree-in-hand-a-generation-of-engineers-looks-for-alternat.html http://www.livemint.com/Industry/HCWB4sLvFBxfIFyNBYtqOP/Degr... [2] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-18/news/40049243_1_engineers-iit-bombay-batch-size http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-18/news...