55% Of Indian Graduates To Be Globally Employable By 2025: CII Report

The report also identifies key states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Delhi as emerging hubs for employable talent, with cities such as Pune, Bengaluru, and Mumbai at the forefront

Nearly 55 per cent of Indian graduates are expected to be globally employable in 2025, up from 51.2 per cent in 2024, according to the latest 'India Skills Report 2025,' released on Tuesday. This highlights India's growing role in addressing global workforce demand.

The report, released by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in collaboration with Wheebox and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), reveals that management graduates have the highest global employability at 78 per cent. They are followed by engineering graduates (71.5 per cent), MCA students (71 per cent), and science graduates (58 per cent).

The report also identifies key states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Delhi as emerging hubs for employable talent, with cities such as Pune, Bengaluru, and Mumbai at the forefront in providing a skilled workforce.

Gender analysis in the report reveals that the employability rate for men is expected to rise to 53.5 per cent in 2025, up from 51.8 per cent in 2024. However, the employability rate for women is projected to decline to 47.5 per cent from 50.9 per cent over the same period.

The report, which analysed the employability of Indian graduates based on the Wheebox Global Employability Test taken by 650,000 candidates, also found that nearly 93 per cent of students expressed a strong interest in internships.

Nirmal Singh, chief convenor of the India Skills Report, emphasised that the coming decade should focus on quality skill training to enhance international mobility, mainly through long-term, certified skill programs that include language training, reported Business Standard.

In addition, another report titled ‘Decoding Jobs - 2025’, released by the industry body CII on Tuesday, revealed that the hiring intent for firms in the financial year 2026 stood at 9.8 per cent. Global capability centres, heavy engineering firms, and the banking and financial sectors had the highest hiring intent at 12 per cent, followed by core industries at 11.5 per cent and FMCG industries at 10 per cet.