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India's IT Industry Teeters on Brink as AI Automation Threatens 1.5 Million Annual Grads
The Indian IT sector, worth $315 billion, is facing an existential crisis as autonomous AI tools disrupt the traditional low-cost programming model, leaving 1.5 million annual graduates struggling to find employment. With only 42.6% of these graduates considered job-ready, the industry is being forced to adapt and retrain its workforce to remain relevant.
A Bloomberg report reveals how agentic AI is shaking up India's massive IT industry. Companies like Infosys are spending weeks retraining new hires because the country's universities aren't keeping up with reality. The article India's 1.5 million annual IT graduates face an industry that's moving on without them appeared first on The Decoder.