Mumbai, May 21 -- Amid mounting fears of artificial intelligence (AI) replacing humans in generic roles, Indian companies remain significantly underinvested in workforce upskilling, highlighting a growing gap between technological disruption and employee preparedness.

A new report by upskilling platform upGrad, shared exclusively with Mint, reveals that only 50% of 12,000 respondents received any form of training at their workplaces in 2024-25. Only 16% said they undergo quarterly training.

"On one side, organisations are talking about investing in their people. But if one out of every two employees is unaware of any training opportunities, there's clearly a gap. Access to skilling needs to be improved," said Srikanth Iyengar, chief exe...