A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates

Lochan Jolly; Megha Gupta; Arpit Rawankar; Anvita Birje

doi:10.31127/tuje.1838833

A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates

Abstract

About 25% of engineering graduates are considered industry-ready and employable. This gap highlights the need to re-examine the curriculum so that it imparts domain knowledge and also equips students with skills aligned with industry requirements. Today, employers expect graduates to demonstrate strong academic understanding along with technical competency, effective communication skills, and the life skills necessary to adapt to evolving industry demands. Therefore, it is necessary that students should develop employability skills along with subject knowledge as per industry requirements. This paper proposes that curriculum for engineering programs should enhance holistic student development and also suggests a structured framework to evaluate the proficiency levels of engineering graduates across four domains, namely, academic skills, technical skills, soft skills, and life skills. The framework analyzes attainment of eleven ABET-aligned Program Outcomes (POs) for a program, which in turn helps to calculate proficiency levels in each domain i.e. academic skills, technical skills, soft skills, and life skills. System generates reports with insights for each student based on the proficiency level for each domain. Using student academic transcript, a case study is presented that highlights the application of the framework. The correlation analysis indicates strong positive correlations among all four skill domains. This highlights the value of a holistic learning approach that integrates academic rigor, technical competence, professional skills, and personal development to meet the requirement of industry ready engineering graduates. The framework is applied to a case study of 124 undergraduate engineering students from a 2021–2025 cohort. Results indicate strong positive correlations among all four proficiency domains (correlation coefficients ranging from 0.87 to 0.98, p < 0.01), demonstrating that academic performance, technical competence, soft skills, and life skills are highly interdependent.

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English

Subjects

Information Systems Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Lochan Jolly
0000-0003-3038-7958
India

Megha Gupta ^*
0000-0002-8271-0780
India

Arpit Rawankar
0000-0002-6459-2135
India

Anvita Birje
0009-0000-0995-6867
India

Publication Date

July 6, 2026

Submission Date

December 9, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 7, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 10 Number: 3

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https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1838833

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Jolly, L., Gupta, M., Rawankar, A., & Birje, A. (2026). A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates. Turkish Journal of Engineering, 10(3), 948-957. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1838833

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1.Jolly L, Gupta M, Rawankar A, Birje A. A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates. TUJE. 2026;10(3):948-957. doi:10.31127/tuje.1838833

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Jolly, Lochan, Megha Gupta, Arpit Rawankar, and Anvita Birje. 2026. “A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates”. Turkish Journal of Engineering 10 (3): 948-57. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1838833.

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Jolly L, Gupta M, Rawankar A, Birje A (July 1, 2026) A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates. Turkish Journal of Engineering 10 3 948–957.

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[1]L. Jolly, M. Gupta, A. Rawankar, and A. Birje, “A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates”, TUJE, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 948–957, July 2026, doi: 10.31127/tuje.1838833.

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Jolly, Lochan - Gupta, Megha - Rawankar, Arpit - Birje, Anvita. “A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates”. Turkish Journal of Engineering 10/3 (July 1, 2026): 948-957. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1838833.

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1.Jolly L, Gupta M, Rawankar A, Birje A. A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates. TUJE. 2026;10:948–957.

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Jolly, Lochan, et al. “A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates”. Turkish Journal of Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3, July 2026, pp. 948-57, doi:10.31127/tuje.1838833.

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1.Lochan Jolly, Megha Gupta, Arpit Rawankar, Anvita Birje. A Structured Framework for Proficiency Calculation of Engineering Graduates. TUJE. 2026 Jul. 1;10(3):948-57. doi:10.31127/tuje.1838833