METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY

 

Automation, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Jobs

Speakers: Ms Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI Aayog; Shri Rajat Gupta, Senior Director, McKinsey & Company; Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, Info Edge (India) Limited – Naukri.com; and Dr. Didar Singh, Senior Fellow, Delhi Policy Group and Member, ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work

 

Chair: Dr. R. Chidambaram, former Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

 

Current and anticipated developments in technology, such as advances in automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, are leading to concerns about their impact on jobs. Many employment streams we are familiar with today may be rendered redundant in the next few decades. There may be new jobs guaranteed by the technologies of the future, but they require different skill sets and educational curricula. Are our societies prepared to adapt these changes? What will be the likely impact on a country like India, where for several years into the future, millions of jobs will have to be found for a young and expanding demography? This session on ‘Automation and the Future of Jobs’ will debate these issues

 

(Collaboration: NITI Aayog; and Centre for Policy Research)