Job connection between Academia and Industry in India

I always wonder about how the students in tier-2 and tier-3 colleges seek job opportunities and make a career. With government focusing on higher education, colleges have mushroomed in India and the order of students is 10 lakhs and 4 lakhs approximately per year in engineering and management streams! Would all those students who 'successfully' pass-out of these colleges get employed?

There are so many job portals in India now. The number of resumes available in any of these portals at any point in time would only be in multiple millions. But who are these members applying for jobs? Does everyone in this repository really get placed through them? I guess not. If that is the case, how would so many offline Human Resource (HR) Agencies survive? Anyways, the opportunities showcased to colleges in either case are nothing special. There are always umpteen restrictions from companies during the placement - should have secured more than 70% throughout the career, should have passed-out only in last one year and must be fluent in at least one non-Indian language (yes, I made this up :-). The process with these online or offline touch-points does not prepare students enough to enter the Industry.

CoCubes (derived from 'Connecting Colleges Companies') precisely fulfills this need - http://www.cocubes.com. It provides a technology platform to help placement cell in a college (and apparently students in these colleges) find suitable jobs with companies. It enables companies to register on one side and students from registered colleges follow these companies. The companies can showcase their potential in the form of news, articles and photo gallery. The platform helps conduct online tests also to screen the students for an organization. The system clearly brings the students (especially in tier-3) closer to the Industry and helps the companies to seek authentic and high potential candidates easily. I wish CoCubes also offers Internships like in case of LetsIntern, which would provide opportunities for students from a broader perspective.

In the current ecosystem, all the participants in the platform - colleges, companies and students - benefit extensively. Should this collaboration between academia and industry exist only in terms of 'job opportunities'? I believe there must be strong ties between these entities to foster continued Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the two pillars of a thriving economy ! What do you think?

Engineering, Medical and Management Colleges in India

If I want to pursue engineering, what are the options I have to study in India? How do I know about colleges in my city-of-liking or in a particular region in India? How would I know about the faculty in that college, infrastructure and tuition fees to fulfill my dream?

Way back in 1990s, when there was brain-drain, people used to have better idea about the college education in USA, UK and Australia than in India. Thanks to technology and few persistent entrepreneurs, the situation is going to change in India forever. Check out http://indiacollegesearch.com. You would be amazed at the  information that is being put-up about each of the engineering, medical and management institutes in India. You can get all the latest information about these colleges (1000+ engineering, 300+ medical and 1400+ management colleges), shortlist them based on your preferences and even send your profiles to them.

Heard that they received enough venture capital recently and hopefully this should help them pursue their ambition to support dreams of youth in India.

Though government has setup so many committees to figure out ways to improve school / college education (who doled out mere statistics), the real innovation in terms of taking higher-education to the critical mass is coming from private industry.