New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- India produces hundreds of thousands of engineering graduates every year, giving it one of the largest software workforces in the world. Yet, as global and domestic enterprises accelerate plans to transition artificial intelligence from pilot phases into day-to-day operations, the technology sector is encountering a critical gap: an abundance of professionals who can build models but a shortage of engineers equipped to implement them within enterprises.

This has accelerated the demand for an emerging profile: the Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE).

According to a study released by FDE Academy, titled "The Forward Deployed Engineer Talent Landscape in India", the employer demand for forward-deployed AI builders stands...