India's ageing is a workforce story

14.9 crore Indians were over 60 in 2022. Most people read that as a healthcare number. I read it as a workforce number.

Behind almost every one of those parents is an adult child with a job and a phone that never goes quiet.

The scale has already been measured:

• UNFPA's India Ageing Report 2023 puts the 60+ share of India at 10.5% in 2022.
• The same report projects 20.8% by 2050.
• By 2046, older Indians are projected to outnumber children aged 0 to 15.

That shift is landing on people in the middle of their careers, right now. Many of them will never use the word caregiver for themselves.

That's who Care Giver Academy is built for. The professional holding a full job and a full family load, usually without telling anyone at work.

If you lead a team, assume some of your best people are already living this. Then make it safe for them to say so, before they decide the only option is to leave.