AI Readiness Research · The National Survey

Where does India really stand with AI?

Not a form — market validation. Five minutes, English or Tamil, consent-first. Your answers shape the India AI Readiness Index, the Playium path, and the MANAM movement. We publish findings only when the sample is real — never an invented percentage.

v1.0 — July 2026

Why we ask

Validate before we build

This quarter is survey-first by design: we finalise the problems people actually have before shaping any new product.

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  1. About you

    1. Which best describes your current situation?

      • Employed — role feels stable
      • Employed — role feels at risk
      • Between jobs / actively looking
      • My role was affected by AI or automation

    2. Which best describes where you live?

      • Metro / Tier-1 city (Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai…)
      • Tier-2 city (Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy…)
      • Tier-3 town or smaller
      • Village / rural

  2. AI adoption

    1. How often do you use AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot…)?

      • Never
      • Tried once or twice
      • Weekly
      • Daily — part of my work

  3. Career & confidence

    1. When you think about AI and your career over the next 3 years, what best describes you?

      • Confident — I'll grow with it
      • Curious but unsure where I stand
      • Worried — no clear path forward
      • Already affected — I need a way back in

    2. What is your single biggest fear or gap about AI and work?

      • Losing my job or income
      • Not knowing what to learn next
      • Being too late to start (age, time)
      • Falling behind colleagues who use AI

  4. Learning behaviour

    1. In the last 6 months, how much time did you spend learning new skills?

      • None
      • Less than 1 hour a week
      • 1–3 hours a week
      • More than 3 hours a week

    2. What stops you from upskilling? (choose all that apply)· Choose all that apply

      • No time
      • Don't know what to learn
      • Cost of courses
      • Doubt it will actually help
      • Started but couldn't continue

  5. Value & pricing

    1. Would you pay ₹500 once for a personal AI-readiness report with a concrete next-step plan?

      • Yes
      • Maybe — depends on what I see first
      • No — it should be free

    2. What monthly amount would feel fair for ongoing structured guidance (path, practice, progress)?

      • ₹0 — only free
      • ₹99–199
      • ₹200–499
      • ₹500 or more

  6. Future expectations

    1. Would short AI-specific contract projects (2–4 weeks) interest you while you transition?

      • Yes — that would help immediately
      • Maybe
      • No

    2. Five years from now, where do you honestly expect your career to be because of AI?

      • Better than today
      • About the same
      • Worse than today
      • Honestly, no idea

  7. In your own words

    1. In one line: why should you engage with AI — and what would make you trust a guide?

      ✍ Your own words

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