At a time when artificial intelligence is reshaping global industries, NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub has released a 10-year roadmap titled Technology Services Reimagination Ahead, outlining how India’s $2658 technology services sector can scale to $750-8508 by 2035. The roadmap also focuses on boosting global competitiveness in the Al era while supporting the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision.
The roadmap was unveiled by Hon’ble Minister Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, in the presence of S Krishnan, Secretary MEITY, Ms. Nidhi Chhibber, DG (DMEO), Ms. Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog, along with other distinguished guests and dignitaries. Industry leaders and development partners participated actively, highlighting strong collective intent to shape India’s Al-driven future.
According to the roadmap, artificial intelligence represents a structural shift for the technology services industry. Value creation is expected to move away from labour-arbitrage models toward IP-led, outcome-focused, and platform-driven delivery. This transition opens the door for India to evolve from services leadership to global leadership in building Al-native systems.
The roadmap identifies 5 priority growth levers: Agentic Al, Software & Products, Digital Infrastructure, Innovation-led Engineering, and India-for-India solutions. To unlock these areas, it calls for coordinated action between government and industry, including faster enterprise Al adoption, higher investment in IP and R&D, large-scale workforce reskilling, and regulatory predictability to support global market access.
On the occasion, Hon’ble Minister Piyush Goyal stated:
“India stands at a defining moment in its technology journey. Through this roadmap for the reimagination of our technology services sector, we are building an enabling ecosystem that combines progressive policy, strong industry partnership, and a coordinated inter-ministerial approach to accelerate innovation and growth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is committed to working closely with industry, and other stakeholders to ensure that we do not miss out on this opportunity to position India as a trusted global leader in next-generation technology services.”
S Krishnan, Secretary MEITY said:
“India is pursuing a full-stack, impact-driven Al strategy, spanning energy, infrastructure, chips, models and applications with its technology services sector central to scaling Al from labs to industry. Government has demonstrated strong intent to accelerate the growth of this sector with wide-ranging reforms higher safe-harbour thresholds, simplified classifications, cloud tax incentives tied to Indian data centres, Semiconductor Mission 2.0, and new education-to-employment mechanisms are aligning the ecosystem to help India’s Tech Service Industry leapfrog into becoming the Al-native architect for the world.”
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog, conveyed:
“The rise of Al is transforming the technology services industry in fundamental ways. For India, this is not just a challenge, it is a generational opportunity to create new value pools, upgrade skills at scale and strengthen our global leadership. The roadmap launched today outlines a forward-looking strategy to build an innovation-driven, Al-enabled technology services ecosystem that supports India’s growth ambitions and creates high-quality employment.”
Ms Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog said:
“India’s technology services industry has repeatedly proven its ability to reinvent itself-from Y2K to cloud to digital transformation. The Al era is another such inflection point. What we are witnessing is not the end of the sector, but the birth of a new operating model built around human judgment, intelligent agents, and platforms. If we reimagine boldly and invest in innovation, India can move from being the world’s hack office to becoming the architect of Al-native enterprises”
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