Majority Indian companies willing to pay graduates with GenAI micro-credentials over 15 pc more: Report
New Delhi: Almost every three out of five Indian employers are willing to pay more than 15 per cent higher salary to fresh graduates with GenAI micro-credentials, a new report has revealed.
This is the highest among all the countries surveyed, edtech firm Coursera said in its Micro-Credentials Impact Report 2026.
Based on insights from more than 3,500 employers, learners, and higher education leaders across seven countries, including India, the report further found that 100 per cent of Indian employers are willing to offer higher starting salaries to graduates with micro-credentials.
Micro-credentials -- or focused programmes aimed at sharpening a particular competency -- are rapidly reshaping how Indian employers hire, evaluate, and reward graduate talent, the Coursera report said.
In fact, 81 per cent of Indian employers said candidates with micro-credentials move faster through hiring pipelines, eight percentage points above the global average, making India one of the strongest markets surveyed for micro-credential adoption, the report revealed.
As many as 58 per cent of Indian employers are willing to offer more than a 15 per cent higher pay to graduates with GenAI micro-credentials, the highest of any country surveyed, it said.
These findings align with India's growing commitment to skill-based education through the National Education Policy 2020 and the National Credit Framework (NCrF), which aim to make higher education more flexible, multidisciplinary, and aligned with employability, the report said.
This is the highest among all the countries surveyed, edtech firm Coursera said in its Micro-Credentials Impact Report 2026.
Based on insights from more than 3,500 employers, learners, and higher education leaders across seven countries, including India, the report further found that 100 per cent of Indian employers are willing to offer higher starting salaries to graduates with micro-credentials.
Micro-credentials -- or focused programmes aimed at sharpening a particular competency -- are rapidly reshaping how Indian employers hire, evaluate, and reward graduate talent, the Coursera report said.
In fact, 81 per cent of Indian employers said candidates with micro-credentials move faster through hiring pipelines, eight percentage points above the global average, making India one of the strongest markets surveyed for micro-credential adoption, the report revealed.
As many as 58 per cent of Indian employers are willing to offer more than a 15 per cent higher pay to graduates with GenAI micro-credentials, the highest of any country surveyed, it said.
These findings align with India's growing commitment to skill-based education through the National Education Policy 2020 and the National Credit Framework (NCrF), which aim to make higher education more flexible, multidisciplinary, and aligned with employability, the report said.
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