Nasscom Chief Nambiar Warns India's 1.5M Annual CS Graduates Face AI-Driven Job Squeeze, Calls for Immediate Curriculum Overhaul

Nasscom president Rajesh Nambiar told Nikkei Asia that recent Indian engineering graduates could struggle to find technology jobs as companies automate entry-level coding and software testing with AI, warning that India's scale advantage of 1.5M+ annual CS graduates is eroding. Nasscom is working with the government and UGC on a joint AI curriculum for undergraduate programs that Nambiar expects to take about six months to design and approve. The statement lands as Infosys and other Indian IT majors visibly restructure hiring around AI capabilities.