Kerala has an enviable position within India being the first State to achieve 100% literacy of its population. This combined with natural factors creates an unprecedented pool of creative and technically skilled people. Whether it is software development, animation, accounting, or literary skills, etc. the people of Kerala constitute an exceptionally intelligent and adept resource pool.
Thiruvananthapuram is the knowledge capital of the region boasting of premier R&D institutions of national and international stature such as Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (Space Launch Vehicle Design and Development activity), integral arm of the
Indian Space Research Organisation,
employing over 7000 high tech professionals; the Regional Research Laboratory
which is home to scientists working in cutting edge research areas of agro processing, chemical technologies, biotechnology, waste water technology, material sciences and mineral processing; the
Electronics Research and Development Centre India ER & DCI,
which has established itself as one of India’s premier electronics design and development centers and training centres for IBM mainframes; the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala’s apex research center for biotechnology; the Tropical and Botanical Research Institute under the Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India; the
Centre for Development
Studies, a premier Social Science research institution engaged in interdisciplinary research in the development problems in India; the
Centre for Earth Science Studies, a centre for excellence in Earth Sciences. Technopark is located adjunct to the main campus of the Kerala University at Karyavattom that has graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in 41 different departments. The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala
(IIITM-K) is located in the Technopark campus and offers postgraduate programs in IT. Technopark's proximity to the Kerala University, IIITM-K, and other premier educational bodies ensures a formidable resource pool of professionally qualified manpower for IT and ITES industries. Currently, about 60,000 graduates, including 15000 top-notch engineers and 5000 English graduates pass out every year.
Growth
in Availability of Human Resources - Kerala
| Academic
Stream | Intake | | Graduate
Engineers - Computer Science |
4,710 | | Graduate
Engineers - Electronics |
5,535 | | Graduate
Engineers - IT |
2,335 | |
Graduate Engineers - ME |
3,021 | | Graduate
Engineers - Other streams |
7,632 | Total Graduate Engineers’ Intake p.a. |
23,233 | Post Graduate Intake in
Engg. Colleges p.a. | 302 |
Growth in Availability of Human Resources for ITES
Operations - Kerala | Academic
Stream (Degree Program) | Approx. Pass-out p.a. | H.R. Availability p.a. for each Stream | | Bachelors in Commerce | 7,425 | | | Masters in Commerce | 1,100 | 8,525 | | Bachelors in English | 3,580 | | | Masters
in English | 614 | 4,194 | Bachelors in Arts (Other) | 11,475 | | Masters in Arts (Other) | 1,470 | 12,945 | B.Sc. Enrolments p.a. | 20,200 | | M.Sc. Enrolments p.a. | 2,100 |
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Kerala’s higher education curriculum is being reviewed, along with bridge programs planned to attune education to meet industry needs. Further, keeping ITES industry’s special needs in mind a statewide initiative shall soon commence covering clear target groups to develop: |
