As AI renders entry-level work obsolete, India’s education system risks producing graduates for jobs that no longer exist. Last week, I made a simple phone call. I was trying to help a young finance graduate - a bright kid, full of hope - find a job at a company I knew well. A BPO firm. The kind of company that used to hire hundreds of freshers every year. My friend, a senior leader there, heard me out. Then he said something I was not ready for. “We don't need freshers like

As other nations rebuild their entire knowledge systems for an AI-driven future, India remains trapped in incrementalism while leaving the deeper architecture of learning untouched. Picture a classroom. Thirty students. Bright faces, packed bags, parents who sacrificed holidays and savings to put them there. Now remove fifteen of them. Tell them that you studied hard, you passed your exams, you did everything right but are not ready for the world waiting outside this door. Th

Understanding how different professions may respond to AI can help students, parents, educators, and policymakers make wiser choices for the future. AI generated image A quiet anxiety is spreading across classrooms, workplaces, and households across the world. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable in writing reports, analysing data, generating images, and even producing computer code, many people are beginning to ask a simple but unsettling question: Which j