India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today

In this episode, Shekhar Natarajan and Chetan Bhagat discuss:

• India's growing gig and platform economy
• The gap between degrees and meaningful employment
• Why engineering has become such a dominant career aspiration
• The challenges faced by young graduates entering the workforce
• Delivery and household-service platforms and their impact on labor
• Whether technology is democratizing work or making labor more transactional
• The long-term career prospects of gig workers
• India's large young workforce and its economic potential
• The future of service-sector employment
• How AI could further disrupt the service economy
• The difference between having a job and building a sustainable career
• What India's workforce could look like 20 years from now

The episode ultimately explores a crucial question:

Are we creating sustainable careers for India's young workforce, or simply finding new ways to distribute work?

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