AI creates new roles but cuts entry-level jobs in India
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is shaking up India's job market. It's adding new roles in things like data annotation and AI-driven IT services, but it's also cutting out a lot of entry-level positions.
According to a Nomura report, while Asia overall saw more jobs created than lost to AI from 2022-2026, the new roles in India don't really replace the ones being automated.
That means new graduates are finding it harder to get their foot in the door.
India IT net hiring at 140,000
A recent survey found that over half of Indian IT firms have scaled back on hiring juniors, while senior hiring barely changed.
Net hiring in IT dropped sharply, from 600,000 in fiscal 2022 to just 140,000 in fiscal 2026.
The hardest hit? Junior IT roles and routine back-office jobs, as companies look for people who can work with AI or tackle tasks that tech can't handle yet.