“Qualification congestion”: PM’s economists have a name for India’s graduate jobs crisis

Only Free
+ Premium
Podcasts

Only Free Podcasts

Access to podcasts covering the hottest business and startup trends in India

<img src="https://ji<a href="https://jiuniversity.com/msu-remains-top-10-us-public-university-for-employability/” title=”MSU remains top 10 US public university for employability”>university.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pricing-grid-item-podcast.webp” alt=””>

Partner Account Access

Partner Account Access

Get two independent Premium accounts

Gift a 1 Year Subscription for Free

1+1 subscription

Gift a subscription to The Ken to anyone you like

App Access

iPad App Access

Priority Access

To new product offerings, features, community features, and events

Daily Long-form Stories

Daily Long-form Stories

Daily long-form stories from India’s startup ecosystem, internet economy, and publicly-listed tech and consumer companies

Only Free
+ Premium
Podcasts

Free + Premium Podcasts

Covering the most interesting workplaces, career and business trends, along with candid conversations with founders and business leaders

2 Years

Archive access to the last two years of stories

5

Premium story gift credits per month

3

Monthly subscription gift credits per year

2

Upto two devices allowed

Subscribe to Basic – Rs. 3,245 / year
Compare all plans

Free + Premium Podcasts

Free + Premium Podcasts

Access to our entire collection of premium podcasts covering the most interesting business, career, and startup trends in India

Partner Account Access

Partner Account Access

Get two independent Premium accounts

Gift a 1 Year Subscription for Free

1+1 subscription

Gift a subscription to The Ken to anyone you like

App Access

iPad App Access

Priority Access

To new product offerings, features, community features, and events

Daily Long-form Stories

Daily Long-form Stories

Daily long-form stories from India’s startup ecosystem, internet economy, and publicly-listed tech and consumer companies

Free + Premium Podcasts

Free + Premium Podcasts

Access to the collection of premium podcasts that cover the most interesting workplaces, career, and business trends, along with candid conversations with founders and business leaders

Unlimited

Access to all The Ken’s Archives

10

Premium story gift credits per month

5

Monthly subscription gift credits per year

3

Upto three devices allowed

Subscribe to Premium – Rs. 4,956 / year
Compare all plans

Free + Premium Podcasts

Free + Premium Podcasts

Access to our entire collection of premium podcasts covering the most interesting business, career, and startup trends in India

Partner Account Access

Partner Account Access

Get two independent Premium accounts

Gift a 1 Year Subscription for Free

1+1 subscription

Gift a subscription to The Ken to anyone you like

App Access

iPad App Access

Priority Access

To new product offerings, features, community features, and events

Daily Long-form Stories

Daily Long-form stories

Daily long-form stories from India’s startup ecosystem, internet economy, and publicly-listed tech and consumer companies

Free + Premium Podcasts

Free + Premium Podcasts

Access to the collection of premium podcasts that cover the most interesting workplaces, careers, and business trends, along with candid conversations with founders and business leaders

Unlimited

Access to all The Ken’s Archives

20

Premium story gift credits per month, with 10 credits per account

10

Monthly subscription gift credits per year, with 5 credits per account

3 + 3

Upto three devices allowed per account

Subscribe to Premium Duo – Rs. 9,999 / year
Compare all plans

Not Ready to Subscribe?

Sign up for free with just your email address and get one exclusive subscriber story, unlocked just for you. Every day, for 30 days.Sign up for free

Trusted by 5,00,000+ executives and leaders from the world’s most successful organisations and students at top post-graduate campuses

Sharp, Original, Insightful, Analytical, Handcrafted

Unrivaled analysis and powerful stories about businesses in India and abroad from award-winning journalists. Includes access to long-form articles, premium newsletters, and our top-ranked podcasts.

Coverage across Sectors, Companies, and Geographies

Decode the most significant shifts in business, technology, startups, and healthcare. All told through a combination of original reporting, beautifully visualised data, and compelling narratives.

Made even better by a 5,00,000+ community

Our subscribers include leaders from the world’s most successful companies, students at top post-graduate campuses, and smart, curious people who want to understand how business is shaping the future.

FAQs

We have three subscription plans – Basic, Premium, and Premium Duo.

• The Basicplan only gives you access to daily long-form stories, subscriber newsletters, free podcasts, and archive access for the previous two years. You won’t get our premium newsletters, premium podcasts, visual stories, and the iPad app.
• The Premiumplan gives you complete access to all of The Ken’s products and features.
• The Premium Duoplan gives you complete access to The Ken for two independent accounts.

We publish sharp, original, deeply reported long-form stories from India’s startup ecosystem, internet economy, and publicly listed tech and consumer companies. Our stories are forward-looking, analytical, and directional—supported by data, visualisations, and infographics. We use language and narrative that is accessible to even lay readers. And we optimise for quality over quantity, every single time.Our specialised subscriber-only newsletters are written by our expert, award-winning journalists and cover a range of topics across finance, retail, clean energy, and edtech, alongside weekend newsletters like The Nutgraf and First Principles.

Yes, you can upgrade to a higher plan while your current subscription is still active. Our system will automatically give you a discount against the remainder of your current subscription

You will get a discount equivalent to the time remaining in your current subscription

Yes, we do have corporate subscriptions, corporate gift subscriptions, and campus plans for larger groups that wish to read The Ken together. Write to us at [email protected] and we’ll help you with that

Yes. You will have to upload a valid student ID card during checkout to avail the 50% discount. You can purchase a student subscription here

We do not allow downloading and distribution of our stories. The Ken is a digital subscription-based product and only those with an active subscription will have access to the stories, either on our app or the website

We allow three simultaneous logins per subscription for the Basic plan: two on the web and one on The Ken app on mobile.We allow four simultaneous logins per subscription for the Premium and Premium Duo plans: two on the web, one on The Ken app on mobile, and one on the app on an Android tablet or iPad.These are counted per platform and not pooled together. So signing in on a third browser will log out your earliest browser session, and the same applies to each app.

We do not offer any cancellations or refunds. If you are facing any issues with your subscription, you can write to us at [email protected]

No

Sorry, no. Our journalism is funded completely by our subscribers. We believe that quality journalism comes at a price, and readers trust and pay us so that we can remain independent

Looking for Group Subscriptions?

Corporate SubscriptionsCampus Subscriptions

---

Source: the-ken.com