New Delhi, June 5 -- India's top two IT companies-Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) and Infosys Ltd-are seeing a sharp decline in their young workforce, raising concerns over the sustainability of the traditional employee pyramid model.

Analysts warn that the shrinking number of employees aged under 30 could indicate automation-led redundancy in entry-level roles and point to broader shifts in the IT services market.

Young graduates increasingly prefer startups, captive tech centres of global firms like Google and Microsoft, and product-based tech companies-drawn by better pay, faster growth, and more creative, less mundane work, they added.

This assumes significance as it signals cracks in the traditional pyramid model used by India...