Layoffs, AI & Hiring Cuts: Inside Indian IT's Biggest Transformation Explained

TCS Chairman N. Chandrasekaran's comments on AI agents have reignited the debate around the future of IT jobs, hiring trends and workforce transformation. In this discussion, TeamLease Digital CEO Neeti Sharma explains why hiring and revenue growth have already decoupled across the IT services industry and how AI is accelerating that trend. Key highlights: • IT hiring already down from peak levels • Lateral hiring running at nearly 60% of previous levels • Freshers with AI skills still in demand • AI expected to reduce hiring volumes further over the next 1-2 years • New opportunities emerging in AI orchestration, code review and prompt engineering • Why middle-management layoffs happened first • The future of AI agents alongside human workers Will AI replace jobs or create new opportunities? Watch the full conversation. #TCS #AI #AIAgents #ITJobs #NChandrasekaran #TeamLease #Hiring #TechJobs #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #Infosys #Wipro #HCLTech #NDTVProfit #IndiaTech For more videos subscribe to our channel:    / @ndtvprofitindia   Visit NDTV Profit for more news: https://www.ndtvprofit.com/ Don't enter the stock market unaware. Read all Research Reports here: https://www.ndtvprofit.com/research-r... Follow NDTV Profit here Twitter:   / ndtvprofitindia   ,   / ndtvprofit   LinkedIn:   / ndtvprofit   Instagram:   / ndtvprofit   Facebook:   / ndtvprofit