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New delhi: Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Software Major Zoho, on Monday Warned Students Opting for Huge Education Loans To Technology (IT) Sector Owing to the AI SURGE.

Vembu said that his company has also cut down Microsoft are laying off thirds of employers amid ai transformation of job markets.

“A Recent Distress Call: A Student has taken about Rs 70 lakh ($ 80k) Debt at 12 per cent to get a master’s degree in a small college in the us. The Problem is that Job Scene in it is it So for Foreign Students, and Payments on the loan are starting song, “Vembu Wrote on the X Social Media Platform.

“I don’t know what we could do in this situation, we have not ben hiring much as we transform Oorselves for the ai era. Lay-Offs. I Urge Students and Parents to be Cutious in Borrowing Heavily to Pursue Degrees Abroad and in India, “Vembu Added. He further stated that we should not trap young people in debt in the name of education.

“The only smart courses is for principal employers to fund training programs and for the industry to broadly accept soch alternative credentials raather rather than ask for formal degrees. Make as a company is in training and skill development.

In July, TCS Had Announced Layoffs of Around 12,000 Employees – About 2 per cent of its global workforce, mostly at mid and Senior Levels. Microsoft has laid off 15,000 employees in 2025 while investment $ 80 billion in Ai.

Regular Back-Office Tasks, Software Engineering, IT Support, And Other Such Roles WERE The Main Targets of Layoffs. While tcs cited “Skill Mismatch” and Difability in Deploying Certain Roles, The Timing and Scale Indicate that the Wider Adoption of Ai and Automation are driving the layers. India’s IT Industry Association NassScom has also highlighted that it sector is at an “inflection point,” Calling for Urgent Upskilling, Cross-Skilling in AI-DRIVENSS SKILLS.