DRDO Director Warns 25 Percent May Be Jobless
Binay Kumar Das, Director General (Electronics and Communication Systems) at DRDO, warned at the fifth annual convocation of Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University on April 4, 2026, that nearly 25% of professionals may be jobless by 2027. He cited AI, machine learning, blockchain, AR, IoT, metaverse and Web3 as drivers of change and urged continuous reskilling; the university awarded 37,393 degrees and 64 gold medals.
Scoring Rationale
Authoritative convocation remarks from the DRDO director give credible, timely warning about broad workforce disruption; novelty is limited to a policy warning rather than new research. Scored high for scope and credibility, moderate for actionability; modest uplift for same-day publication and source authority.
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- Read OriginalThe new generation may have to change their careers at least three or four times: Director General of DRDOthehindu.com



