A VentureBean Industry Analysis

Summary

The India Skills Report 2025 puts a hard number on a problem every scaling SMB founder already feels. Only 54.81% of Indian graduates are globally employable, management graduates lead at 78%, and women’s employability has actually fallen from 50.9% to 47.5%. For businesses scaling from ₹10Cr to ₹100Cr, the headline is not the macro percentage. It is what sits underneath it. The candidates who clear technical bars consistently fail on communication, critical thinking, and leadership agility, the exact skills your second-line managers need to run a function without escalating every decision to you. The report frames this as a national skilling challenge. We see it as the single biggest constraint on founder-led businesses trying to professionalise.

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