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India needs to find vocations least impacted by AI: CEA Nageswaran
Business Standard
|November 05, 2025
India needs to find vocations that will be least impacted by artificial intelligence (AI) and make it ‘fashionable’ for students to adopt them, in a bid to combat the disruptive impact of Al on job creation, said Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday.
“India needs to generate 8 million jobs annually, with the demographic sweet spot remaining for the next 10-15 years. China has occupied a huge strategic space in manufacturing. Sowe do havea formidable problem. [Then] How do we motivate students to take up jobs that will be least disruptive by AI. Weneed to find vocations ike elder care, counselling, plumbing etc. Thisisanissueto make these jobs respectable and fashionable,” said Nageswaran while addressing a webinar titled ‘Aland policy choices forjob creation’ organised by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
This story is from the November 05, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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