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Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:50am - 10:10am IST
India's technology sector is creating some of the world's most advanced AI, digital, and engineering capabilities, yet it continues to draw talent from a workforce where employability remains a persistent challenge. As AI reshapes skill requirements and the demand for specialised talent intensifies, the gap between the needs of the tech industry and the realities of the broader labour market is becoming harder to ignore. This session explores the weaknesses of India’s education/skills ecosystem; the implications for the continued growth in employment in the IT sector; and the precise roles government and  industry leaders must redefine for themselves for India’s talent and its tech industry to emerge a winner in an increasingly uncertain international environment.
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Santosh Mehrotra

Lead Research Fellow, Institute of Education, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Santosh Mehrotra, a human development economist, was a Prof of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Chairperson, Centre for Labour at JNU. He has lectured at the Universities of Florence, Italy; American University, Cairo; & the Higher School of Economics, Moscow... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:50am - 10:10am IST
Grand Ballroom

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