This is the season where every institution markets that their campus placement ratio is 100%. A marketing approach to attract new talent for the upcoming academic year.
Consider the numbers. Approximate total seats across India: around 19 lakh (1,900,000) in
Engineering and 8,000 in Management schools. The intake from major IT companies and other non-IT companies across India is around 1 lakh (100,000).
Simple arithmetic reveals whether the ‘100% placement’ claim holds up.
Institutions should move to newer and better metrics to attract young students. One IT company recently started using an AI Fluency Meter to grade and price employee skills.
Maybe colleges should provide and publish the average AI Fluency Meter — or ‘Industry Skill Fluency Meter’ — of their final-year graduates.
This would ensure better placements and also signal how they are moulding students to be industry-ready.
Do you agree? The future of employability may depend less on degrees — and more on AI fluency.