A very un-PC admission from the head of IBM.

Skill gaps affecting Indians' prospects in tech jobs, says IBM chief Ginni Rometty. There have been reports that nearly three-fourths of .
Business Today
Mar 13, 3019

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Global tech major IBM chief Ginni Rometty has said Indians lack the required skillsets even as new-age jobs galore, and exhorted all to look at education beyond obtaining/giving away degrees.

The USD 180-billion domestic software industry directly employs over 4 million.

In remarks that come amid similar concerns voiced by other tech leaders domestically, Rometty, the chairman, president and chief executive of IBM, said this is a global problem and not just limited to Indian shores.

"In India, you have the same issues. Open jobs, (but) no matching skillsets," she said, speaking at a company conference here Wednesday.

"You have got to believe in a few different things than I think you believed in the past. One is to believe that skills are perhaps more important than a degree," Rometty said, amid reports of huge unemployment among qualified engineers who when employed at the entry level are paid much lower than those semi-skilled with experience.

There have been reports that nearly three-fourths of the millions of engineers and B-school graduates are not simply not employable at all, speaking volumes about the quality of both the academics as well as the admission process in the country's education systems.