The Hans India

As technological breakthroughs alter the nature of work globally, it is critical for India equip its workforce with employable skills, stimulate a sustainable development process and transit into a formal economy, according to a knowledge paper by industry body FICCI and consulting major PwC.

The Csr Journal

The missing link that underlies the growing unemployment is skill development, which is the key ingredient to robust economic growth. With the dilutions of the old iron bowl of employment protection, the idea of lifelong secure employment has now been shattered. The 201617 annual report of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship says that less than 5% of the total workforce in India has undergone formal skill training.

The Hindu

Nearly 5,000 tribal youths will be given skill training in the first phase of a programme taken up as part of the one family, one job proposal announced in the budget. The Scheduled Tribe Development Department is implementing the programme in a phased manner. In the first phase, tribal youth in five districts Kozhikode, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad, and Malappuram who have passed class 10 will be given training and placement.

The Print

By Borge Brende

With millions of jobs expected to be displaced by 2022, measures like education reform, lifelong learning & reskilling initiatives will ensure benefits reach both individuals and businesses.

India Times 

One constant fear with the advance of artificial intelligence, is that the robots will come to take all our jobs. No worker, teacher, driver, or other will be safe. Then again, if the bots are as bad as this robotic news anchor, I think were safe for a long long time. (Artificial Intelligence)

The Tech Panda 

India has seen significant rises in blockchain and cryptocurrency jobs this year, according to a study by Indeed. According to the platform, the rise has been notable for cities such as Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, Gurugram, Chennai, and Noida. The site noted that blockchain jobs are competing with those in artificial intelligence. (Artificial Intelligence)

Sia Sat 

Industries are focusing on newage technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, bionics, the Internet of Things, 3D printing and biotechnology, which build on and amplify one another. We as a society should have a clear view of what the future, driven by megatrends and our own actions, will look like.

The Hindu 

The Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution is evolving integration of artificial intelligence, internet of things (IOT), automation, genetics, robotics, 3D printing, biotechnology, nanotechnology, cloud computing, and more, that are driving newer prospects for job opportunities and growth.

The Financial Express 

The hiring mix is significantly shifting towards tech this year owing to the increased focus on technology which is directly linked to our growth in digitised offerings, he said. Vempati added that with the increasing focus on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and internet of things (IoT), the bank is settingup skill-specific teams as part of creating agile solutions for customers.

Forbes

By Samar Srivastava

Leapfrogging technologies can be problematic eliminating intermediate steps often results in messy policy and slower adoption. It’s a problem electric vehicle (EV) makers and consumers globally have grappled with. Chetan Maini, vice chairman of Sun Mobility, which is working on developing a network of battery swapping stations, says it is very important for the government to be technology agnostic.

Business Insider 

Bridgewater Associates, the most successful hedge fund in the world, recently highlighted a 2016 study by McKinsey & Company that analyzed what industries are most susceptible to automation. Jobs with lots of manual labor in a predictable environment could see higher automation in the years to come, while jobs involving managing human employees are likely safe for now.

The Times of India

By Mahesh Vyas 

IT companies and the financial markets are not as aggressive in hiring talent anymore as online and offline retail enterprises are in hiring labour to pack and deliver consumption goods. This shift in demand in favour of lower skill labour implies that the premium for education in labour markets is declining.

 The Times of India

Our classrooms must become learning labs that are microcosms of the real world to prepare students for challenges in the new job market, writes Ajay BatraOur classrooms must become learning labs that are microcosms of the real world to prepare students for challenges in the new job market, writes Ajay Batra (Future of Jobs)

CIOL 

From knowing interests of a potential employee to evaluating buying behaviour, Big Data analyses all aspects and help IT companies get the right employeeThe amalgamation of AI, IoT, and Programmatic has given a new shape and dimension to modern businesses, and Big Data Analytics is the real catalyst for making this amalgamation possible.

The Print

By Swadesh Singh

Congress led opposition is using one NSSO report to highlight unemployment woes in 2019 elections when job scenario world over has drastically changed. Employees operate sewing machines at a garment factory in Kolkata | Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg (Future of Jobs)

The Economic Times 

The AIMAKPMG report focusses on the ongoing digitisation and its transformative impact on Indian business and society and is aimed at helping companies formulate their digital strategies. Different sectors such as IT, manufacturing, healthcare and financial services are observing an increase in efficiency and productivity through the deployment of digital platforms. (Artificial Intelligence)

CNBC TV18

India is the most populous democracy in the world. India is also inching towards becoming the second largest smartphone country. In many ways the internet and social media have defined the political narrative of this country. Very few people have been levers to this era of change. It is safe to count Ankit Lal, a social media strategist with Aam Aadmi Party and the author of India Social as one of its key drivers and early adopters. (Future of Work)

Elets Online

Lets admit it; mechanical engineering is a core stream of engineering education that is preferred by many students. This course helps you develop the capability of working efficiently and developing technical and leadership expertise. Some of the universities also allow the students to choose a specialization of their choice at the beginning of the third year. Career prospects after this course include:

The Hans India

At a time when India is worried about the lack of adequate jobs, it is but natural that eyebrows will be raised on innovations that tend to perform humans tasks. This is similar to our apprehensions in the past about computers taking over workers upon mass adoption. (Artificial Intelligence)

Money Control

By Manas Chakravarty

The State of Working India 2019 report, recently published by Azim Premji University, has some interesting data on joblessness among men with different educational backgrounds, which could give us clues about unemployment trends among the poor and not so poor.

Live Mint 

This precarious form of work that used to be endemic among lower socioeconomic classes is now a predominant feature of most rungs of the economy. Surely, those at the top are better protected, but it is the large and rising middle that is newly experiencing the effects of this major transformation in economies globally over the decades. (Artificial Intelligence)

Live Mint 

However, in sociology, many scholars have noted a shift from traditional salaried work (which arrived on the scene in the Western world post the Industrial Revolution and, even more so, with the rise of the middle class from the 1950s onward) to more precarious forms of work.

The News Minute

Automation Anywhere expects to deploy more than three million bots by 2020, a 200% increase from today. Automation Anywhere, the global leader in robotic process automation (RPA), announced unprecedented ecosystem growth in the first quarter of 2019, with more than 2,800 customer entities and 1,600 enterprise brands using the companys intelligent RPA platform.

EET India 

This is a story about AIs doing such a kickass great job expanding employment for humans that some of their meat based co workers have given their virtual colleagues their own honorary cubicles.

Deccan Chronicle 

While artificial intelligence and machine learning is expected to have a huge impact across all industries, researchers, in a report, warned that the AI industry is facing a huge “diversity crisis”. According to the report, AI Now Institute found that women and people of color are deeply underrepresented.