India faces an acute talent shortage with 82% of employers struggling to fill roles in 2026, surpassing the global average of 72% and ranking among the most constrained markets worldwide alongside Slovakia, Greece and Japan. For the first time, AI model and application development at 39% and AI literacy at 38% have overtaken traditional engineering and IT skills as the hardest to source, displacing...

Jay Bavisi, EC-Council Founder and CEO, addressed the India AI Impact Summit 2026, cautioning that AI disruption endangers 5.8 million Indian IT-BPM jobs while presenting a workforce transformation opportunity. Speaking amid Nifty IT index plunge erasing Rs 4.8-5 lakh crore market cap, Bavisi emphasized execution maturity in AI governance, integrity, and cyber readiness. The summit, drawing 300,000 attendees and leaders like Jensen Huang, Sundar...

greytHR has released "HR Predictions for 2026," drawing from its HR Leader Prediction Index surveying over 500 senior HR leaders. The HR Prediction Score (HPS) evaluates confidence across six maturity dimensions, revealing progress in Performance Enablement (+66.08), Organizational Vitality (+64.58), and Workforce Experience (+61.57), alongside vulnerabilities in Culture & Inclusion (+59.74), Digital Dilemma (+57.12), and Talent Agility (+50.39—the weakest). Strong Dimensions Reflect Strategic Shifts Performance Enablement...