India, July 22 -- By 2030, an estimated 85 million jobs worldwide will go unfilled - spanning health care, manufacturing, technology, logistics, and more (PwC, 2023). At the same time, nations like India are producing millions of capable, motivated young workers ready to fill these roles.

And yet, demand and supply remain disconnected.

Why? Because the systems meant to bridge this gap - education pipelines, migration processes, skills development platforms - are outdated, misaligned, or broken. Companies struggle to find the right talent. Workers struggle to access the right opportunities. The result: a global mismatch that worsens by the year.

AI has long been discussed as a tool for predicting headcounts or automating simple recruitm...