N.V. Varghese is Vice-Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the founding director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education at NIEPA, New Delhi, India.Mona Khare is Professor and Head, Department of Educational Finance, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India. She is associated with various government bodies and international education forums in research, consultancy and advisory activities.

• 1. Employment and employability of higher education graduates: an overview Part I: Economic Growth and Employment of the Educated 2. The crisis of jobless growth in India 3. On the persistence of informal work and self-employment in India 4. Migration, education and employment in India 5. Declining labour force participation in India: does education and training help? 6. Trends in employment and unemployment in India: dimensions of gender, caste and education Part II: Graduate Employability and Skills Mismatch 7. Skills mismatch of higher education graduates in India: factors determining employability quotient 8. General, technical and professional education: employability skill gaps 9. Education, skills mismatch and wage differentials Part III: Education and Skill Formation 10. India’s national skills qualification framework and employment: the promise and the reality 11. Curriculum and pedagogy in higher education for skill development 12. Skilling India: vocational orientation to higher education 13. Skill universities in India 14. Informal modes of skill formation Part IV: Education–Industry Relationship 15. Industry–academia linkages in India’s technical education sector 16. Refuelling entrepreneurship education in India: a case study 17. Executive education and career advancement: sustainable employment

N.V. Varghese is Vice-Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the founding director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education at NIEPA, New Delhi, India.Mona Khare is Professor and Head, Department of Educational Finance, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India. She is associated with various government bodies and international education forums in research, consultancy and advisory activities.

• 1. Employment and employability of higher education graduates: an overview Part I: Economic Growth and Employment of the Educated 2. The crisis of jobless growth in India 3. On the persistence of informal work and self-employment in India 4. Migration, education and employment in India 5. Declining labour force participation in India: does education and training help? 6. Trends in employment and unemployment in India: dimensions of gender, caste and education Part II: Graduate Employability and Skills Mismatch 7. Skills mismatch of higher education graduates in India: factors determining employability quotient 8. General, technical and professional education: employability skill gaps 9. Education, skills mismatch and wage differentials Part III: Education and Skill Formation 10. India’s national skills qualification framework and employment: the promise and the reality 11. Curriculum and pedagogy in higher education for skill development 12. Skilling India: vocational orientation to higher education 13. Skill universities in India 14. Informal modes of skill formation Part IV: Education–Industry Relationship 15. Industry–academia linkages in India’s technical education sector 16. Refuelling entrepreneurship education in India: a case study 17. Executive education and career advancement: sustainable employment

N.V. Varghese is Vice-Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the founding director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education at NIEPA, New Delhi, India.Mona Khare is Professor and Head, Department of Educational Finance, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India. She is associated with various government bodies and international education forums in research, consultancy and advisory activities.

• 1. Employment and employability of higher education graduates: an overview Part I: Economic Growth and Employment of the Educated 2. The crisis of jobless growth in India 3. On the persistence of informal work and self-employment in India 4. Migration, education and employment in India 5. Declining labour force participation in India: does education and training help? 6. Trends in employment and unemployment in India: dimensions of gender, caste and education Part II: Graduate Employability and Skills Mismatch 7. Skills mismatch of higher education graduates in India: factors determining employability quotient 8. General, technical and professional education: employability skill gaps 9. Education, skills mismatch and wage differentials Part III: Education and Skill Formation 10. India’s national skills qualification framework and employment: the promise and the reality 11. Curriculum and pedagogy in higher education for skill development 12. Skilling India: vocational orientation to higher education 13. Skill universities in India 14. Informal modes of skill formation Part IV: Education–Industry Relationship 15. Industry–academia linkages in India’s technical education sector 16. Refuelling entrepreneurship education in India: a case study 17. Executive education and career advancement: sustainable employment