AI breaks India's linear growth model, but campus hiring remains weak: Nasscom's Rajesh Nambiar
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Key takeaway
AI decouples Indian IT revenue growth from headcount, squeezing campus hiring.
- Step 1 · The triggerAI adoption raises productivity across India's IT services and BPM sectors, letting firms deliver more output per employee
- Step 2 · Knock-onrevenue growth decouples from headcount as firms meet demand with existing staff plus AI tools
- Step 3 · Knock-oncampus hiring stays weak because firms no longer need proportional junior intake to scale revenue
- Step 4 · Reaches youthe supply of entry-level tech talent to Indian SMEs tightens, pushing up the cost of junior hires and pushing SMEs toward AI automation
The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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