India, Dec. 3 -- India's IT industry is undergoing a metamorphosis, one that signifies far more than a simple efficiency drive. This is a structural rebirth, fundamentally altering the human element of technology services. As generative AI and sophisticated automation tools absorb the load of routine tasks -from basic coding to manual quality assurance, the industry is shedding its legacy identity as a provider of low-cost, volume-based manpower into an ecosystem that monetises intelligence and outcomes.

The era of charging clients based on the number of developers is fading. In its place is a demand for a new professional, the Intelligence Architect who acts as a conductor between business strategy and autonomous AI systems. And, this p...