Key Points
A McKinsey Global Institute report forecast that by 2030, automation would displace 800 million jobs worldwide but also create 950 million new jobs..
Goswami says while the tech industry faces a shortage of skilled workers in areas such as AI and machine learning, the manufacturing industry is facing a shortage of skilled workers in areas such as robotics and automation..
Sarita Digumarti, Chief Learning Officer at online learning platform UNext, says, I personally feel mid-senior professionals such as managers, team leads, program and project leads, and even some technical heads are sandwiched between evolving organisational visions and a lack of all the required capabilities to realise such ambitions...
Digumarti highlights the critical skill gaps as lack of exposure to emerging technologies, inadequate technical competencies to work on new-age tools and systems, unfamiliarity with agile workflows, not having a digital-first mindset and more..
It is not only a challenge for professionals but also threatens Indias IT domination in the international economy, Goswami says.. While leadership teams identify opportunities and risks and are responsible for setting ambitious transformational and technology goals, Digumarti of UNext says many of these goals are attained partially or not attained at all because of a lack of skill sets at the implementers level..
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