India, Feb. 21 -- Amongst the higher education community, the recent news of Infosys laying off freshmen enraged people. The company cited that the reason for their termination was the fact that those graduates had been trained and had been provided with three opportunities to clear the assessment. A mere fraction of Indian computer engineers, as reported, possess even the most basic programming skills. Whether Indian graduates are not being equipped with basic programming skills is the question.

Just 42.6% of Indian graduates are employed, a Mercer-Mettl analysis shows. This points to a huge skills mismatch between what companies need and what graduates can deliver. Most people feel that graduates who have invested money and time in pur...