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How India’s green transition will generate the next job wave

Ishan Patra

April 07, 2026 | 12 Min Read

How India’s green transition will generate the next job wave

April 07, 2026 | 12 Min Read

Driven by policy, global supply chains, and technological change, the shift to a green economy is expanding job markets, creating wage premiums, and redefining what skills are valued in the workforce, even as the supply of skilled talent struggles to keep pace.

When Shreenidhi walked into engineering college, she imagined a fairly predictable future. A desk job, perhaps in a corporate office. Working into sustainability was not part of the plan. Climate change was something she read about, not something she thought she would work on.

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