AI reshapes career choices as Indian students look beyond tech to 'AI-proof' healthcare jobs

Summary

India Today reports that new international data on "AI-resistant" degrees shows healthcare and allied medical professions now dominate lists of secure, well-paid careers abroad, overtaking traditional tech roles. As generative AI automates many coding and analytics tasks, experts say careers rooted in empathy, clinical judgment and direct human interaction – from nurse practitioners to therapists and social workers – are far less exposed to automation, challenging long-held assumptions among Indian students and families.