7 months ago
Low Salaries for Top Engineering Graduates in India
Some of the smartest students in India go to top engineering schools like NIT Calicut.
These students have to work very hard to get in.
But when they graduate, they are often offered very low salaries.
For example, some students who study mechanical engineering get only Rs 3 lakh per year, and architecture students get even less.
This is much lower than what people expected.
A man named Maheshwer Peri, who runs a website about careers, thinks this is a big problem.
He says that the best students in the country should get better pay.
He wants the government and schools to do something about this.
NIT Calicut, a top engineering institution, offers low entry-level salaries to graduates.
BTech Mechanical students receive around Rs 3 lakh per annum, while BArch graduates get Rs 2.75 lakh.
Students admitted to NIT Calicut typically rank within the top 2-5 percentile in JEE.
Critics argue that the low salaries do not reflect the students' high academic merit.
Maheshwer Peri, founder of Careers360, calls for investigation and reform in the education and industry sectors.
- Who
- Top engineering graduates from NIT Calicut
- What
- Low entry-level salaries offered to graduates
- Where
- NIT Calicut, India
- When
- Data revealed and discussed recently
- Why
- Disparity between student merit and financial reward
Key facts
- Institution
- NIT Calicut
- Lowest Salary (BTech Mechanical)
- Rs 3 lakh per annum
- Lowest Salary (BArch)
- Rs 2.75 lakh per annum
- Student Rank for Admission
- Top 2-5 percentile in JEE
- Critic
- Maheshwer Peri, Careers360 founder and CEO
Quotes
Maheshwer Peri
Founder and CEO of Careers360
“Do our best students — the top 5 percentile of this country — deserve starting salaries of Rs 2.75 lakh, Rs 3 lakh, Rs 3.75 lakh per annum? Are we doing something wrong about this whole thing?”
financialexpress.com




