New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- India needs to rethink not just its education system but also how it prepares, hires and retrains its workforce as new technologies challenge traditional models, said Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the economic advisory council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).

In an interview with Mint, Sanyal, one of three full-time members in the 15-member EAC-PM, also argued there was no evidence of India's unemployment rate rising and rejected the possibility of jobless growth.

His critique comes against the backdrop of increasing concerns over exam integrity, unemployment and the future of India's young people in an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven economy.

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