Artificial intelligence is putting pressure on entry-level hiring in Ahmedabad’s information technology sector, with a report by Sandesh estimating that as many as 45,000 jobs could be at risk across a workforce of 1.25 lakh to 1.50 lakh professionals. The report says the city’s IT firms are increasingly using AI tools for website development and coding, reducing the need for some junior-level roles.
The figures, however, remain estimates in the supplied report. It does not identify a formal study, government dataset, industry survey or named expert behind the calculation. The reported numbers therefore require verification before they can be treated as an established measure of job losses in Ahmedabad’s technology sector.
According to the report, Ahmedabad has approximately 3,700 IT firms and employs between 125,000 and 150,000 professionals in the sector. It says recruitment of junior employees has fallen significantly, particularly in roles connected with web development and entry-level coding. The report attributes this change to the growing ability of AI tools to generate websites and code in a short period.
The reported employment exposure appears to be linked to a broader change in how technology companies organise project teams. Sandesh says that companies which previously used teams of about 300 employees for a project are now able to manage similar work with approximately 200 employees after adopting AI tools. The report does not provide details of the companies, projects, job categories or period over which this comparison was recorded.
If independently confirmed, such a shift would affect more than the number of vacancies available at a particular point in time. Entry-level technology jobs traditionally provide the first step into the sector for fresh graduates and junior developers. A reduction in these roles can make it harder for new workers to acquire practical experience, move into higher-skilled positions and remain connected to the formal technology economy.
The report says the impact is most visible among new coders, freshers and web developers. It also states that up to 30% of IT employees could face employment risks in the coming period. This figure is not supported in the supplied material by a named forecast, company-level disclosure or labour-market assessment, and should be treated as a reported projection rather than a verified city-wide finding.
The issue places Ahmedabad’s technology workforce within a wider transition in the digital services industry. AI tools can reduce the time required for some routine tasks, including parts of coding, website creation and software development. For employers, that may improve operational efficiency. For workers whose roles are concentrated in repetitive or junior tasks, the same shift can reduce the number of available assignments or change the skills expected at entry level.
The institutional question for Ahmedabad is how the city’s employment and skills ecosystem will respond if demand moves away from basic coding towards roles involving AI-assisted development, system design, quality control, data management and oversight. The supplied report does not provide details of any government programme, industry partnership, training initiative or employer-led transition plan connected to the reported changes.
Sandesh quoted unnamed experts as saying that professionals should not respond to AI only as a threat and should instead update their skills as technology changes. The report presents skill development and adaptation as potential ways for workers to access new opportunities, but it does not identify the experts or specify the training areas, qualifications or institutions involved.
That distinction is important for Ahmedabad’s labour market. Advising workers to upgrade their skills does not by itself establish which skills employers are seeking, who will fund training, how long retraining will take or whether new roles will be available in sufficient numbers. Those questions are particularly relevant for fresh graduates and workers employed by smaller firms, for whom access to structured training may be limited.
The report also does not establish whether the estimated 45,000 jobs refer to immediate redundancies, positions that may not be created, roles whose responsibilities will change, or workers whose employment could be affected over a longer period. These categories have different implications for workers, companies and public policy. Clarifying the definition is necessary before the figure can be used to assess the scale of the employment impact.
For now, the available evidence supports a narrower conclusion: AI adoption is being reported as a factor behind reduced junior-level hiring and changing project-team structures in Ahmedabad’s IT sector. The scale of the change, the number of jobs actually lost or displaced, the firms involved and the timeframe remain unverified in the supplied material.
Further reporting would need to establish the source of the employment estimates, obtain responses from Ahmedabad-based IT companies and industry bodies, and examine whether official labour or skills data shows a measurable decline in entry-level technology recruitment. Until then, the reported figures should be understood as claims requiring confirmation rather than a definitive account of Ahmedabad’s IT employment market.
