Know how edtech startup Skill-Lync makes Indian engineers more employable
Skill-Lync, an edtech firm founded in 2018 by Suryanarayanan Paneerselvam and Sarangarajan V Iyengar, assists engineering students in upskilling in accordance with industry demands. Engineering is the fourth most popular undergraduate major in India. There is, however, a mismatch between the curriculum taught at universities and the capabilities required in the workplace. According to an Aspiring Minds poll, while the country generates roughly 15 lakh engineers each year, 80 percent of them lack the requisite skills and are unemployed. Suryanarayanan Paneerselvam (Surya) and Sarangarajan V Iyengar experienced this firsthand when they traveled to study in the United States and had to refocus their learning. In 2018, they founded Chennai-based engineering edtech firm Skill-Lync, which is registered as EpowerX Learning Technologies. It uses technology to provide students with the technical skills they need to thrive in their chosen vocations. Surya realized that wit...