85% of Indian Procurement Leaders Are Embracing AI as Procurement Takes Centre Stage:  Procol Report

Procol, India’s leading procurement technology platform, today released its State of Procurement in India 2026 report, highlighting how AI is rapidly reshaping the country’s procurement function as organisations contend with rising workloads, evolving business expectations and a growing demand for specialised talent. A function that most Indian organisations treated as a back-office cost centre till very recently is now commanding Director-level salaries upwards of ₹55 lakhs and gaining a seat a