What Chetan Bhagat has said about Engineering education in India
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
Chetan Bhagat, Indian novelist, columnist and former investment banker, author of Five Point Someone and 2 States, has been quoted on Engineering education in India 2 times in 1 episode of Tomorrow, Today, most recently on September 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bhagat states that India produces around 600,000 engineers a year without enough jobs for them.
“6 lakh, 600,000 engineers are coming every year. And there's not enough job”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 19:07
Bhagat describes Kota landlords installing steel mesh around ceiling fans to prevent student suicides.
“They cover the fan in a mesh, steel mesh, so that you can't hang yourself”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 43:05
Episodes
India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Shekhar Natarajan and novelist Chetan Bhagat discuss India's gig economy, education, inequality, AI governance and creativity, fame, and Bhagat's life story.
Chetan Bhagat on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 3 quotes
- Artificial intelligence in creative writing · 3 quotes
- Fame · 2 quotes
- Economic inequality in India · 2 quotes
- Universal basic income · 1 quote
- Gig economy in India · 1 quote