2 mn Indian jobs in AI, cybersecurity to remain unfilled in 2023: Study

A “significant” skill deficit in India could cause more than two million jobs in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and blockchain to remain unfilled in 2023, said a report on Thursday.

Digitisation, automation and AI adoption have intensified but professionals are unable to evolve for these roles because they do not have the skills, said the report by TeamLease, a HT services company. Automation, data analytics and AI require employees to re-skill themselves in the next two years and stay competitive in work.

According to the report called ‘Skills Strategies for a Strong, Sustainable and Balanced World of Work’, India will need 30 million digitally skilled professionals by 2026. As much as 50 per cent of the workforce would need to re-skill in areas of emerging technologies.