BTech Graduates in Telugu States Face Career Fog as Internships Vanish
A quiet crisis brews beneath the surface of convocation halls across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Each year, thousands of BTech students don graduation robes—but their excitement is soon overshadowed by a sobering truth: the industry internships that once bridged campus and career now feel like a fading mirage.
From Hyderabad to Vizag, graduates report stagnant placement drives and widespread confusion about next steps. “We were told internships build real-world skills,” says Anusha, a final-year student from Guntur. “But they never arrived. Now we’re expected to compete in a world we haven’t entered.”
Colleges, meanwhile, cite shrinking corporate tie-ups and pandemic-induced disruptions, but offer few actionable remedies. For many students, training modules remain theoretical. Some receive offers—but not roles—ending up as unpaid shadows in tech firms with little guidance or hands-on work.
Private institutions, flush with infrastructure, still fail to connect students with meaningful industry mentors. Government colleges echo the same concern: a lack of coordination between academic syllabi and employer expectations.
As this year’s graduates shuffle between online courses and resume workshops, frustration builds. The disconnect isn’t just logistical—it’s emotional. “I feel like I have a degree without a purpose,” says Mahesh, a recent BTech graduate from Karimnagar.
Start-ups in Hyderabad’s IT corridors cite talent readiness gaps, but also hint at deeper systemic inertia. While skill bootcamps and coding platforms see a spike in registrations, true internship pipelines remain dry.
Parents, too, grow uneasy. After years of investment—emotionally and financially—they see their children return home with uncertainty instead of opportunities.
Without structural changes to internship programs and tighter links to industry, the journey from graduate to employee risks becoming longer and lonelier. In today’s job market, degrees alone aren’t enough.
Unless institutions and recruiters realign swiftly, another batch of brilliant minds may graduate straight into ambiguity—dressed for success, but headed nowhere.
