India unveils roadmap to create 4 million jobs in AI Economy by 2030

National AI Talent Mission proposed to make India the global hub for AI workforce

THEBUSINESSBYTES BUREAU

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 10, 2025

In a landmark move to harness the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), NITI Aayog on Friday released the “Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy”, setting out India’s vision to turn technological disruption into a massive employment opportunity.

The report was unveiled by B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO of NITI Aayog, in the presence of Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy; Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education; Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog; and other dignitaries from government, academia, and industry.

The roadmap explores how AI is reshaping India’s $245 billion technology and customer experience (CX) sectors through the lens of work, worker, and workforce. It warns that, without proactive measures, routine technology roles such as QA engineers and Level 1 support agents could face large-scale redundancy by 2031. Yet, it also projects that with the right strategy, India could generate up to 4 million new AI-driven jobs within the next five years.

To achieve this, the roadmap proposes a bold, coordinated effort — the National AI Talent Mission — to transform India into the AI workforce capital of the world. This mission would integrate AI education into schools and universities, build a large-scale reskilling engine, and position India as a global magnet for AI talent.

“India’s strength lies in its people. With over 9 million technology and customer experience professionals, and the world’s largest pool of young digital talent, we have both the scale and ambition. What we need now is urgency, vision, and coordination,” said B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog.

Echoing this vision, Debjani Ghosh emphasized, “The difference between job loss and job creation depends squarely on the choices we make today. This roadmap provides a clear, actionable path to ensure India becomes the global epicentre of AI talent by 2035.”

The roadmap is anchored on three key pillars:

AI in Education – embedding AI literacy as a foundational skill across schools, universities, and vocational programs.

AI Reskilling Engine – creating a national platform to upskill millions of tech and CX professionals for higher-value, AI-augmented roles such as AI Trainers, Ethical AI Specialists, and Sentiment Analysts.

Global AI Talent Magnet – retaining domestic talent, attracting international experts, and establishing India as the world’s premier AI skilling destination.

The report also calls for synergy between the proposed India AI Talent Mission and the existing India AI Mission, emphasizing collaboration among government, academia, and industry to build the necessary compute infrastructure, open datasets, and innovation ecosystems.

Developed by NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub in partnership with NASSCOM and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and guided by an expert council featuring leaders from IBM, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, LTIMindtree, and Teleperformance, the roadmap outlines India’s pathway to becoming a trusted global AI workforce and innovation partner by 2035.

The launch event witnessed enthusiastic participation from industry members and development partners, underscoring a shared commitment to steering India’s workforce confidently into the AI-driven future.