Employability of youth is a major challenge in India at present. According to United Nations labour report, it is predicted that unemployment will be an issue in coming years. At the same time some reports also say that more than 60% out of eight lakh engineers graduating from technical education institutes stay unemployed every year. This is a big challenge. But as it is said, every challenge can be seen as an opportunity too. And this challenge of unemployment can be seen as opportunity and help a country like India to become the Innovation, Entrepreneurial Hub of the World.
The State of Rajasthan, under the leadership of Smt Vasundhara Raje, Hon'ble Chief Minister, is leaving no stone unturned to bring paradigm shift to the higher education scenario by giving dedicated focus on nurturing innovations, entrepreneurship to make youth employable and generate employment. At the same time role of Industry becomes all the more important to collaborate with governments to help in addressing the issues related to unemployment. In this context, the 'Department of Higher & Technical Education, Government of Rajasthan', along with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd, Asia & Middle East's premier media & technology research organization, is organizing 'Higher Education & Human Resource Conclave' in Jaipur, Rajasthan in December 2017.