In academics in India, you start out with C to learn the language basics and then move to Java. It's like undergrads in the US start out with python. That's th

In academics in India, you start out with C to learn the language basics and then move to Java. It's like undergrads in the US start out with python. That's the reason why there are many tech graduates with Java knowledge. As to why Java, well it is arguably the de-facto enterprise language. Many of the outsourcing tech firms need Java skills from a graduate. I'm assuming this is one of the important reasons why Java is taught to grads. That and minimal hacker/startup culture (not implying it in a negative way) results into most grads not trying out 'in-fashion' languages like node/ruby etc.