MUMBAI, India, Aug. 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611073619 A) filed by Shivalik College Of Engineering; Anas Ansari; Iram Zehra; Manik Rana; Vansh Rana; and Kshitij Jain on June 13, 2026, for "future-Ready Youth: A Data-Driven Skill Uplift Initiative (lyu)".
Inventors include Anas Ansari; Iram Zehra; Manik Rana; Vansh Rana; and Kshitij Jain.
The application for the patent was published on July 31, 2026, under issue no. 31/2026.
Abstract: India's demographic profile is unlike that of any other country in the world. According to data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey published by the National Statistical Office, approximately 65 percent of India's population is below the age of 35. In absolute numbers, roughly 900 million people are in or approaching the working-age bracket. This cohort is entering the labour market at a rate of approximately 12 to 13 million new workers every year — a pace that the formal economy has consistently struggled to absorb. The challenge is not uniform across the country. Youth in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai have access to a reasonably functional job market, a dense network of companies, coaching institutes, and career counselors, and a range of digital platforms that serve their needs. The situation is fundamentally different in smaller towns and hill states. A student completing a Bachelor of Arts degree from a government college in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, or a polytechnic diploma holder in Darbhanga, Bihar, faces a career landscape that is almost entirely invisible to the platforms and tools that are supposed to help them. Naukri.com lists jobs predominantly in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. LinkedIn is built around corporate culture and polished profiles. Neither platform meaningfully serves a first-generation graduate who studied in Hindi medium, has no professional connections, and wants to find work within fifty kilometres of home. The digital divide compounds this problem. While smartphone penetration in rural and semi-urban India has increased significantly over the past decade — driven largely by affordable data plans following the Jio revolution of 2016 — the depth of digital literacy has not kept pace. Many young people in tier-3 cities and villages can browse social media and watch videos, but navigating a complex professional platform, understanding ATS-optimized resumes, or knowing which government exam to prepare for remains beyond their reach without guidance. Career guidance infrastructure outside the major cities is essentially nonexistent. Government employment exchanges exist in theory but are widely regarded as outdated and ineffective. School career counselors, where they exist at all, are typically teachers with no specialized training in career development. Private coaching institutes focus almost entirely on competitive exam preparation and offer no broader career counseling. The result is that a large proportion of India's youth — particularly those from states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh — navigate the most consequential decisions of their professional lives without adequate information or support.
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