BOOK ONE OF THE AI AND INDIA TRILOGY
OPPORTUNITY, DISRUPTION, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK & GROWTH
How will AI change the economic life of India?
PRODUCTIVITY
Where AI raises output per worker, and where it simply substitutes for labour.
EMPLOYMENT
Which sectors absorb automation, and which shed jobs faster than they create them.
SKILLS
The retraining gap between India’s workforce and an AI-augmented economy.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
New categories of firms and founders that AI makes possible — and the ones it forecloses.
GROWTH
Whether AI lifts aggregate growth, or concentrates gains in a narrow band of the economy.
DEVELOPMENT
What AI means for a country still building basic infrastructure and formal employment.
THE ASPIRATION ECONOMY
How AI reshapes what a good job, a good degree, and a good life are believed to require.
THE EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY TREND
ADOPTION BY REGION
FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE · PUBLISHED DATA ACCOMPANIES THE BOOK
WHAT HAPPENS TO WORK WHEN INTELLIGENCE BECOMES AUTOMATABLE?