Job opportunities and challenges to the employability of Fresh Diploma Engineers of West Bengal state in the emerging sector
Suman Sikdar ;
Advancement in technology is creating new job opportunities as well as new challenges to the employability of the Fresh Diploma Engineers. Rapid advancement in technology in emerging sectors like solar energy, electric mobility, automation, artificial intelligence, financial technology will affect every occupational group in the future. It has been estimated that 47 % of the current jobs are expected to be taken over by machines and devices during the next two decades. On the other hand, 65,000 (sixty-five thousand) new IT jobs will be created by 2024, mostly in cloud related fields. Changes in consumer behavior generate new opportunity for entrepreneurship in the engineering, technology and management fields. This ever-changing technology creates “skill gap” between the desired skills sets and the available skill sets. This skill gap has to be compensated by learning new skills – both technical skills and professional skills. I have taken into account the following 3 objectives to study the opportunity and challenges in the emerging sector.