India, Nov. 7 -- In a fast digitalisation age, the question posed to professionals in India is the following: Do I invest into education such as MBA, or should I pursue shorter, skills-based programmes such as machine learning certification, online data science classes or a cybersecurity certification? The solution here is depending on your objectives, sector and rate of change. To a large proportion of tech-savvy professionals, this has become a non-binary choice of matching education with market demand. Read further to know about the Upskilling vs MBA, which is better for career growth.

The current statistics in India are a good argument in favour of upskilling. The average salary increase of professionals who are upskilled in AI, ML a...