Vineet Nayar on AI will create more jobs than it destro…

Vineet Nayar

Founder-chairman of Sampark Foundation and former chief executive officer of HCL Technologies.

While 50 per cent of current jobs will go because of AI, same percentage, which is 50%, more jobs will also be created, which would need skilled manpower to handle AI.

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Vineet Nayar, quoted in “Don’t worry about AI, learn skills: Tech leaders at AI Impact Summit urge people to stay calm amid layoff fears,” Financial Express, February 17, 2026.

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