Education, work culture must evolve with the times

IT industry leaders discuss roadblocks in efforts to reskill workforce

As the chorus for reskilling grows louder, industry experts feel that there has to be a concerted effort by companies, educational institutions and the government to create a workforce with ability to handle new technology platforms.

The $169-billion IT industry, which employs around 3.6 million people, is facing a huge challenge of reskilling a large part of its workforce in AI and analytics.

“Some functions are disappearing. Machines will take over some jobs, and what a machine can’t do, those jobs are becoming higher in value. Earlier, you could take any engineer and train him. In today’s world, the education system needs to be fixed.