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The study found that the gap in AI readiness was the widest difference between the two groups. About 56% of Indian respondents said AI and automation were making it slightly or much harder to get their desired job. This was close to the 59% of global graduates who saw AI as a barrier of some kind.
Naukri's JobSpeak report shows AI-related hiring in India's IT sector rose 16% year-on-year in June even as overall IT job postings fell 3%. Insurance and consumer goods showed the sharpest rise in AI-linked hiring; TCS said it is moving toward a 1:1 ratio of employees to AI agents.
Layoffs.fyi data shows AI-led global tech layoffs hit 1.28 lakh employees by July 1, 2026 — already exceeding all of 2025. India accounts for 7.16% of the global total, the second-highest share after the US. Within India, education (21.67%) and finance (14.73%) saw the largest share of AI-linked job cuts.