Nasscom warns of decline in deep engineering skills as AI takes over routine work
Nasscom has warned that India's tech workforce risks becoming 'AI-reliant' rather than 'AI-native' due to a decline in fundamental engineering skills. The industry body suggests that academia and companies must redesign training to ensure junior engineers maintain deep technical expertise despite AI automation.
Why it matters
As AI automates routine coding, the long-term sustainability of India's IT sector depends on maintaining high-level engineering judgment.
India risks building a technology workforce that is merely AI-reliant rather than truly AI-native if the industry and academia fail to preserve deep engineering expertise, IT industry body Nasscom has warned.
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