India’s Education System: Degrees vs Skills, Jobs & Industry Gap | Arpit Agrawal | FO496 Raj Shamani

About this episode

The episode discusses the gaps between degrees and skills in India's education system, featuring insights from guest Arpit Agrawal.

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People in this episode

Host: Raj Shamani

Guest: Arpit Agrawal

Topics covered

• education system
• degrees vs skills
• job market
• college experience
• entrepreneurship
• salary differences
• alumni networks

Keywords

• education
• skills
• degrees
• job market
• entrepreneurship
• IIT
• JECRC
• alumni
• salary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JECRC, IIT

Places: India

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