At the India Today South Conclave 2025, industry leaders G D Rajkumar and Kanishka Arumugam addressed India’s persistent skill gap despite its young workforce. Arumugam emphasised that upskilling is essential for everyone—from CEOs to watchmen—and that future jobs will require collaboration with AI.
Rajkumar highlighted lessons from Germany and Switzerland, advocating for hands-on master training institutes and better recognition for skilled workers.
Both stressed stronger academia-industry collaboration, demand-driven curricula, and industry-led skill programs supported by government funding. The session underscored the urgency of revamping skill development to prepare India’s workforce for an AI-driven, competitive global economy.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
