V Anantha Nageswaran
Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India
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V. Anantha Nageswaran brings AI into India’s growth debate. As Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, he has warned that the technology will reshape employability, skills and future hiring, making AI as much an economic question as a technology one.
His relevance lies in the link he draws between AI adoption and mass employment. At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, he said India could lead globally if it aligns AI adoption with education reform and broad-based employability, adding that the outcome would require political will, state capacity and national commitment.
Nageswaran’s inclusion gives the list a macroeconomic voice on AI: how India absorbs the technology without weakening job creation, how education and skills policy respond, and whether AI becomes a productivity gain that spreads across the economy rather than a narrow advantage for firms with capital and talent.
