Dilip Thakore, Editor, EducationWorld interviews Yogi Kochhar, co-author of the recently released Artificial Intelligence – The Road Ahead 2.0 (2025), a two-volumes compendium in which he and Prof. T.G Sitharam, Chairman of the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) detail the game-changer impact of AI in 80+ sectors of the economy such as aviation, FMCGs, retail, Nano tech, Blockchains, hotels, and every conceivable commercial activity, including education.

In The Road Ahead 2.0, Kochhar predicts widespread layoffs and redundancies in industry, and education as AI technologies become more humanized at lightning speed. “If you don’t master AI fast, it will master you,” he warns. To prevent AI reels and messages from billion dollar Western social media megacorps from colonizing Indian minds, he recommends connection with the Yol Happiness Foundation which has designed cognitive “guard rails” to maintain the focus of adults and children and enhance your mental and emotional well-being in this new age of AI and intelligent machines. Check out this free-wheeling illuminating 40 minutes interview.

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