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RTÉ News
a day ago
- Business
- RTÉ News
UK edtech Pearson to raise India headcount by 43% in three years
UK-based Pearson plans to boost its workforce in India by about 43% to 2,000, an executive told Reuters today, months after the education firm named India one of its top three priority markets globally. "We will invest significantly in India. We have got three very strong locations and we want to grow in all of these different locations," said Vishaal Gupta, president of enterprise learning and skills division and chair of India at Pearson. Pearson India operates in education and assessment markets, targeting school goers, students aspiring for colleges overseas and corporate professionals. The company will hire across various functions, including local business operations and global tech, over the next three years, Gupta said, while ruling out the launch of any new office location. It currently has offices in Noida, Bengaluru and Chennai. Pearson's shares hit a 10-year high in February after the company reported a rise in profit and said deploying AI would help deliver more growth in 2025. India's ed-tech market, which was valued at $7.5 billion in 2024, is projected to grow more than three-fold to $29 billion by 2030, according to a Grant Thornton report. In India, Pearson competes with IDP Education and Educational Testing Service in overseas education segment, and with Upgrad and Coursera in the digital-learning market. Gupta said the company will focus on government, Indian conglomerates and global capability centers, where a shortage of skilled workers poses a challenge amid growing demand for AI upskilling. Global capability centres, commonly known as GCCs, are local offices set up by large global companies in India to support their global parent in daily operations, finance, R&D and product development functions. GCCs are projected to contribute 2% to India's GDP by 2030, according to ICICI Securities, up from less than 1% currently.
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
UK edtech Pearson to grow India team by 43% over next three years
UK-based Pearson plans to boost its workforce in India by about 43 per cent to 2,000, an executive told Reuters on Friday, months after the education firm named India one of its top three priority markets globally. "We will invest significantly in India. We have got three very strong locations and we want to grow in all of these different locations," said Vishaal Gupta, president of enterprise learning and skills division and chair of India at Pearson. Pearson India operates in education and assessment markets, targeting school goers, students aspiring for colleges overseas and corporate professionals. The company will hire across various functions, including local business operations and global tech, over the next three years, Gupta said, while ruling out the launch of any new office location. It currently has offices in Noida, Bengaluru and Chennai. Pearson's shares hit a 10-year high in February after the company reported a rise in profit and said deploying AI would help deliver more growth in 2025. India's ed-tech market, which was valued at $7.5 billion in 2024, is projected to grow more than three-fold to $29 billion by 2030, according to a Grant Thornton report. In India, Pearson competes with IDP Education and Educational Testing Service in overseas education segment, and with Upgrad and Coursera in the digital-learning market. Gupta said the company will focus on government, Indian conglomerates and global capability centers, where a shortage of skilled workers poses a challenge amid growing demand for AI upskilling. Global capability centers, commonly known as GCCs, are local offices set up by large global companies in India to support their global parent in daily operations, finance, R&D and product development functions. GCCs are projected to contribute 2 per cent to India's GDP by 2030, according to ICICI Securities, up from less than 1 per cent currently. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
UK edtech Pearson to raise India headcount by 43% in three years
UK-based Pearson plans to increase its India workforce by 43% to 2,000 within three years, focusing on education, assessment, and AI-driven upskilling. With offices in Noida, Bengaluru, and Chennai, Pearson targets growth in enterprise learning, digital education, and support for global capability centers amid India's booming edtech market. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads UK-based Pearson plans to boost its workforce in India by about 43% to 2,000, an executive told Reuters on Friday, months after the education firm named India one of its top three priority markets globally."We will invest significantly in India. We have got three very strong locations and we want to grow in all of these different locations," said Vishaal Gupta, president of enterprise learning and skills division and chair of India at Pearson. Pearson India operates in education and assessment markets, targeting school goers, students aspiring for colleges overseas and corporate company will hire across various functions, including local business operations and global tech, over the next three years, Gupta said, while ruling out the launch of any new office location. It currently has offices in Noida, Bengaluru and shares hit a 10-year high in February after the company reported a rise in profit and said deploying AI would help deliver more growth in ed-tech market, which was valued at $7.5 billion in 2024, is projected to grow more than three-fold to $29 billion by 2030, according to a Grant Thornton India, Pearson competes with IDP Education and Educational Testing Service in overseas education segment, and with Upgrad and Coursera in the digital-learning said the company will focus on government, Indian conglomerates and global capability centers, where a shortage of skilled workers poses a challenge amid growing demand for AI upskilling Global capability centers, commonly known as GCCs, are local offices set up by large global companies in India to support their global parent in daily operations, finance, R&D and product development are projected to contribute 2% to India's GDP by 2030, according to ICICI Securities , up from less than 1% currently.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
UK edtech Pearson to raise India headcount by 43% in three years
By Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI (Reuters) -UK-based Pearson plans to boost its workforce in India by about 43% to 2,000, an executive told Reuters on Friday, months after the education firm named India one of its top three priority markets globally. "We will invest significantly in India. We have got three very strong locations and we want to grow in all of these different locations," said Vishaal Gupta, president of enterprise learning and skills division and chair of India at Pearson. Pearson India operates in education and assessment markets, targeting school goers, students aspiring for colleges overseas and corporate professionals. The company will hire across various functions, including local business operations and global tech, over the next three years, Gupta said, while ruling out the launch of any new office location. It currently has offices in Noida, Bengaluru and Chennai. Pearson's shares hit a 10-year high in February after the company reported a rise in profit and said deploying AI would help deliver more growth in 2025. India's ed-tech market, which was valued at $7.5 billion in 2024, is projected to grow more than three-fold to $29 billion by 2030, according to a Grant Thornton report. In India, Pearson competes with IDP Education and Educational Testing Service in overseas education segment, and with Upgrad and Coursera in the digital-learning market. Gupta said the company will focus on government, Indian conglomerates and global capability centers, where a shortage of skilled workers poses a challenge amid growing demand for AI upskilling. Global capability centers, commonly known as GCCs, are local offices set up by large global companies in India to support their global parent in daily operations, finance, R&D and product development functions. GCCs are projected to contribute 2% to India's GDP by 2030, according to ICICI Securities, up from less than 1% currently. Sign in to access your portfolio
Hans India
12-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Redesigning roles can help employers close talent gaps in tech workforce
New Delhi: Even as roles in the technology industry are being reshaped by automation and AI, employers in India should consider a strategy of 'role redesign' to solve talent needs and maintain competitiveness, according to a study. The research from Pearson, a global learning company, looked at how the tech workforce might evolve and be reshaped by emerging technology over the next five years in the country. For this, the study focused on five of the most common and high-value tech roles in India -- system software developers, programmers, network architects, system architects/engineers, and system analysts. The findings showed that these highly valued workers will save nearly half a day a week by 2029 -- just by augmenting and automating key tasks with technology. It urges employers to start thinking creatively and proactively about redesigning roles to help use technology more effectively and employees use this saved time for upskilling. 'In India's rapidly evolving digital economy, businesses cannot afford to treat workforce development as an afterthought. Our study shows that by strategically redesigning roles and not replacing them, employers can unlock significant value within their existing teams,' said Vinay Kumar Swamy, Country Head- Pearson India. The strategy can help employers better utilise current workers rather than replace them with newly skilled ones. This will essentially solve talent needs from within their own workforce and provide job agility and security for these valued employees. 'With up to 17 hours of monthly time savings per tech professional by 2029, the opportunity is not just to bridge talent gaps, but to transform the very nature of work. Pearson sees role redesigning as a forward-thinking solution that aligns people, productivity, and innovation critically to sustain India's global tech leadership,' Swamy said. By examining how automation and new technologies are likely to impact tech roles, the study was able to identify that LLM chatbots (such as Copilot or ChatGPT) and RPA for Internal Processes (software robotics) hold the greatest potential to save time. Looking at the impact on hours spent on tasks within the roles in a working week, the research found that between 2.5 hours and 3.9 hours a week could be saved in 5 years. This creates an opportunity to rethink how roles are structured and redefine what 'core' tasks will remain with human employees.
