Nearly one out of 10 people on the planet are under 25 years old and living in India. Hence, what this Gen-YRI does, thinks and aspires for, gives insights to all those who aim to engage them. With that in mind, TCS has conducted survey dubbed generation Web 2.0 survey reached out to 14,000 high school students in 12 cities to capture the pulse of the Indian youth with a focus on career ambitions and technology habits.

The findings by TCS survey is categorized into four buckets (read about it here)

• The Globetrotter: Today’s students continue to express a strong desire to be mobile like previous generations. This generation has global ambitions and wants to study and work abroad. However, a growing confidence in the economic future in India is also reflected in the survey as many students want bring skills back to India and put them to use in India.
• The Gadgetphile: Students from both metros and mini-metros who love gadgets and aspire to have the latest products available.
• The Nation-Builder: Along with the career the younger Indians want to travel, learn new skills, experience interesting. They also want to branch out of the traditional career choices and going for some new options like gaming and animation. They prefer to work for Indian companies compared international MNCs.
• The Social networker: Gen-YRI is getting to be a consummate Social Networker and is likely to have as many online friends as real ones. Interesting this is that these friendships go beyond the traditional boundaries of gender, caste, and geographies. The Youth is willing to communicate with anyone and everyone as long as they have the same interests.