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AI Becomes a “Junior Colleague” for Young Indian Workers
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AI as a New Junior Colleague in Indian Workplaces
Across sectors, young professionals in India are turning to generative-AI tools to handle routine research, translation, data summarisation and document sorting. Interviewees describe the technology as a “sincere fresher or junior colleague” that can draft first versions of work but still requires human oversight.
Workers’ Practical Uses and Experiences
Journalist Farah Kazmi uses AI to locate Supreme Court guidelines, recent dog-bite cases and related rulings, then cross-checks the results herself. Business-strategy manager Yajatt Misra relies on AI for summarising information, preparing first drafts and assembling presentations, freeing time for analysis. Lawyer Rakshanda Deka employs AI to order large bundles of client documents chronologically and to generate initial lists of key dates, while warning that AI can present false information with confidence. Legal-tech entrepreneur Shrijay Sheth says AI’s impact on job profiles is already a reality, shifting developers toward monitoring and refining AI-generated code rather than writing it from scratch.
Employers’ Expectations and Shifts in Job Structure
Recruitment founder Dimple Khubchandani notes that firms now prefer candidates who can think critically, solve problems and verify AI output, rather than those who merely perform basic research or drafting. She cites a marketing agency that reduced four junior copywriters to one, using AI for initial drafts and focusing human effort on editing and strategy. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reports scaling a “Human+AI” operating model in its 2025-26 annual report, embedding AI across services and software development.
Data & Statistics on Adoption and Automation Risks
A Deloitte survey this year found 93 % of Gen Z and 95 % of millennial respondents using AI in daily work. An Emeritus survey reported 82 % of 15-to-28-year-olds using AI tools at least weekly for learning or skill development. A 2025 NITI Aayog report, citing the Center of Advanced Study in India, estimates that more than 60 % of formal-sector jobs could be susceptible to automation by 2030, especially in IT and business-process services. The World Bank’s October 2026 India Development Update says AI’s long-term labour-market impact remains uncertain, stressing the need for stronger workforce skills and broader AI access.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Since it can take quite a lot of time to search Google for specific articles about court rulings, previous judgments or recent dog-bite cases, I asked AI to find them for me,” — Farah Kazmi, to work journalist
- “Things like summarizing information, preparing first drafts, analyzing data and putting together presentations take less time now,” — Yajatt Misra
- “If used sensibly, and without outsourcing the substantive legal thinking, AI is basically like having a sincere fresher or junior colleague,” — Rakshanda Deka
- “AI's impact on job profiles isn't an anticipation. It is a reality now,” — Shrijay Sheth, co-founder of LegalWiz
- “The productivity enhancement and job loss are both real,” — Shrijay Sheth, co-founder of LegalWiz