Day 1 at World Economic Forum 2022 in Davos: What business leaders said

Up to 1 billion people will need reskilling, training and lifelong learning by 2030, says Infosys CEO Salil Parekh.

Salil Parekh, the chief executive officer of Indian IT services firm Infosys, on Monday told a meeting of global business leaders at Davos that technology is changing rapidly and people will have to be trained for it. He was among business leaders talking about change at the annual summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
 

Speaking at the session on 'Accelerating the Reskilling Revolution', Parekh said the accessibility is massive and with platforms like Coursera, it is easier to get skilled in a chosen field.

With labour markets in flux from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, technological shifts and