As the country looks to become a USD five trillion economy in the next few years, the technology industry needs to upgrade the skills of its employees, CII start-up council chairman S Gopalakrishnan said on Thursday.
There is also the need for farmers to adapt new technologies to improve productivity, inclusive growth of cities and improvement in internet connectivity, he said.
Addressing a special plenary session for Startups organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as a part of the CII HR Conclave here, Gopalakrishnan said that in the past 25 years India has moved from being a 600 billion USD economy to a 2.5 trillion USD economy.
The per capita income has also seen growth of five times. The country will soon become a middle-income level country with average income of 5000 dollars per household
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