“Modern industrial competitiveness demands far more than basic technical proficiency. In 2026, AI skills have surpassed all others to become the most difficult skills for employers to find in India, yet we produce 1.5 million engineering graduates annually. The question is around AI readiness. To secure India’s position as a global technology powerhouse, our youth must move beyond basic AI literacy into true AI fluency, learning how to use, question, and guide these systems responsibly. The application layer where this happens is in real organizations solving real problems. Education and industry must unite to create that space, where students learn by building actual AI systems under strategic guidance. That’s where we develop the human judgment machines cannot replace. This advanced capability to design, implement, and govern AI-driven transformation will drive our digital dominance.”
