As AI automates routine tasks, Nasscom flags decline in deep engineering skills

India risks building a technology workforce that is merely AI-reliant rather than truly AI-native if the industry and academia fail to preserve deep engineering expertise, IT industry body Nasscom has warned. While over 90 per cent of the country's early-career tech professionals are already adopting artificial intelligence, the apex industry body cautioned that the decline of routine coding work must not lead to a drop in fundamental technical skills. “India is uniquely positioned to emerge as