Report on The Pattern of Graduate Employment

Abstract

From Foreword: Rational utilisation of manpower in relation to their level of education and skill is one of the central objectives of manpower planning. In view of the increasing output of educational institutions in our country, there has been considerable interest among the public in recent years with regard to the problem of employment among educated persons in general and the university graduates in particular. In 1958, a Survey on the employment pattern of the alumni of Delhi University was undertaken jointly by the Delhi University, Planning Commission and the Directorate General of Employment & Training (D.G.E.&T.). Need was subsequently felt to undertake a study of this type on a wider basis covering the alumni of all universities in the country. With this end in view, an all- India survey of the pattern of graduate employment was undertaken by the D.G.E.&T. in 1960. This survey was carried out under the technical guidance of a Committee of Direction composed of representatives from the Manpower Directorate in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Planning Commission, University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education, Central Statistical Organisation, Indian Statistical Institute and the D.G.E.&T. The main objective of the survey was to bring out the relationship between the courses of study in the universities and the nature of employment secured by their alumni. The survey was financed by a grant from the Ford Foundation which was made available to the D.G.E.&T. through the Directorate of Manpower.