Financial experts are sounding an alarm for India’s massive white-collar sector as Global Capability Centers (GCCs) shift from standard outsourcing to autonomous automation. According to recent data, over 58% of GCCs in India are aggressively investing in agentic AI—systems capable of independent planning, execution, and decision-making.
Industry veterans warn that current workforce shakeups are “just a trailer” for an AI-first corporate landscape. This transition threatens traditional labor-arbitrage models, forcing a crucial pivot from entry-level administrative and tech processing toward high-value human oversight, governance, and complex data engineering.
