According to the survey conducted by Manpower Group in 2013 'more than half of the employers were surveyed in India (61%) mentioned that insufficient skills prevent them to fill the vacant positions in their companies.
Both the industry and the government acknowledge that for a robust A&D industry to thrive, one of the most important resources is skilled engineers in all core engineering disciplines.
"We in India face a problem of our engineering graduates not having the practical skills to contribute, to a manufacturing industry as a whole. In the case of the A&D sector, this problem is magnified even more. Industries spend several months training them on these essential skills. India plans to transform from a defence equipment importer to an exporter of defence products. To achieve this, our engineers should be capable of designing and manufacturing these products. The A&D sector needs specialized skills to cater to its unique requirements. A&D products need to be extremely rugged, reliable and capable of withstanding the stringent and extreme tests that they need to undergo, to make them fit for use on platforms like fighter aircraft, warships, tanks etc in a battle scenario. The entire A&D domain needs people trained to design and manufacture equipment that fulfils these needs. " said Mr. G Raj Narayan, Founder & MD, Radel Group and Chief Mentor of DRONA – a finishing school for engineers
Recently, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for skill development and entrepreneurship, said at Aero India 2015 in Bengaluru "The Indian aerospace sector would need at least one million skilled workmen every year in the coming years".
According to Aspiring Minds Report 2014 'Only a shocking 4 to 7 % of engineers are actually fit for jobs in the core engineering sectors. A World Bank study 2010 shows that 'employers are not satisfied with the fresh graduates they recruit
According to the survey conducted by Manpower Group in 2013 'more than half of the employers were surveyed in India (61%) mentioned that insufficient skills prevent them to fill the vacant positions in their companies. In addition, the survey also mentioned that engineers are second most and technicians fourth most difficult employees to be hired worldwide, remaining unchanged every year
Commenting on the solution to this problem, Narayan added "The solution is specialized training. There has been a lot of emphasis of late, on 'Skilling India'. Most of the initiatives under this program are focused on skilling the workforce at the technician level – electrician, machine operator, etc. Even for the graduate engineer, while we find many training institutes for software and computer hardware (assembly & troubleshooting), there are very few training schools for engineers in core engineering disciplines, especially Electronics and Aerospace Engineering Design, and none that focus on product design with reliability, safety, robust processes, and technical documentation. We need to make our engineering graduates skilled not only in Manufacturing but also in design. We need to not just make in India, but Create in India, Design in India and Innovation India, so as to create and own all the IPRs ourselves. For this, we need to skill our engineers not just as computer operators but as intelligent designers and engineers in practice. "
"The A&D sector is unique in that it needs multi-disciplinary skills and knowledge, to enable design and manufacture of any equipment. The need of the hour therefore is to create unique training schools that focus on creating skilled engineers with multidisciplinary domain knowledge across Electronics, Software, Mechanical, Hydraulics, Structures and Pneumatics etc. Such a school should provide the graduate engineer (or fresh recruit in an industry in this sector) an insight into the design and development cycle of defense and aerospace systems that meet some of the most stringent global standards of performance, reliability and efficiency. The engineer needs to undergo a complete transformation of his thought process, by which the critical, analytical and innovative skills blossom. At the same time, the graduate needs to be trained in systematic quality analysis and documentation processes. A major area where our engineers need training is in communication - written and oral communication skills, business etiquette and time management too. " he continued
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