EducationInvestor - Article: India: 50,000 posts in data science and machine learning vacant

A report says more than 50,000 positions in the fields of data science and machine learning (ML) are vacant in India due to the lack of a skilled workforce. A state of the industry report by ed-tech platform Great Learning found that despite the number of job postings reaching an all-time high, there are no skilled professionals around. "The job market in this space is heavily tilted towards jobseekers, with twice the number of jobs than available talent," said the report based on a study of 28,000 participants across 3,000 organisations in the country. Great Learning co-founder Hari Krishnan Nair said: "With more and more jobs increasingly becoming data-driven, the need of the hour is for professionals to upskill themselves to stay relevant. Over the past one year, we've seen heightened demand for data science professionals from companies across IT, banking, financial services and insurance, and telecoms."