Vahan.ai Strengthens Workforce Pipeline for Manufacturing Hubs

Vahan.ai, India’s leading AI-powered hiring platform for blue collar workers, has announced the deployment of its recently raised strategic investments to expand into India’s fast-growing manufacturing sector, with a sharp focus on textile and electronics production. As part of this expansion, Vahan.ai is hiring and mobilising workers from Jharkhand, UP and Bihar into manufacturing clusters in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, strengthening India’s push to build a future-ready industrial workforce.

This development aligns with India’s renewed push to accelerate domestic manufacturing. Manufacturing, a key pillar of the Viksit Bharat@2047 vision, is projected to grow from 17% of India’s GDP to over 25%, adding USD 320 billion in gross value added (GVA).

Sectors such as textiles and electronics are pivotal to this shift. The textile industry contributes 2.3% to India’s GDP and 13% to industrial production and is expected to grow 15–20% annually over the next five years. In the last 10 years electronics manufacturing has created 25 lakh jobs in India, and is expected to grow with a CAGR of 27% over the five-year period from FY23 to FY28. As global companies diversify production and aim to reduce overdependence on China under the China Plus One strategy, India is emerging as a preferred alternative manufacturing base, driving increased investments, capacity expansion and export orders in both the textile and electronics sectors. This shift is already visible in electronics, where more than 70% of iPhones sold in the United States are now assembled in India, reflecting the country’s rapidly strengthening position in global supply chains.

Vahan.ai has begun working closely with large textile and electronics manufacturers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to support high-volume hiring needs, further anchoring its expansion into the industrial ecosystem. Industry reports further indicate that India’s manufacturing output is poised to reach USD 1 trillion by 2025–26, driven by improved logistics, global capital inflows and policy support across states.

Against this backdrop, Vahan.ai’s entry into manufacturing marked a significant expansion of its AI-based recruitment infrastructure. The company has facilitated over 1 million job placements across 920+ cities, working with leading employers across quick-commerce, food delivery, mobility and warehousing. Over the past year, Vahan.ai has also strengthened its foundation through strategic investments from Lemmatree (a Temasek fund), Persol Group and Khosla Ventures, enabling the company to deepen its technology capabilities and widen its sectoral footprint. With this expansion, Vahan.ai is bringing the same scale, speed and efficiency to industries such as apparel, electronics assembly, components and precision manufacturing, enabling companies to reliably build labour capacity while reducing time-to-hire.

Commenting on the expansion, Mr. Madhav Krishna, CEO and Founder, Vahan.ai said, “India’s strengthening manufacturing landscape will not be driven by factories alone. It will be propelled by people. As the country pushes to expand manufacturing to 25% of GDP, we see a generational opportunity to bring millions of workers, especially women, into formal, stable and long-term employment. Vahan.ai’s vision is to build India’s most trusted pathway to livelihoods, where AI removes barriers of language, geography and access so that every individual, regardless of where they come from, can participate in the country’s industrial growth. By activating talent pools in states such as Jharkhand, Bihar and UP and enabling their mobility to Karnataka’s and Tamil Nadu’s booming textile and electronics clusters, we are not just filling jobs. We are unlocking upward mobility and strengthening the talent backbone for India’s next phase of growth.”

Vahan.ai’s expansion into manufacturing builds on the company’s strong momentum over the past year. It has saved employers thousands of recruiter hours through its AI-powered processes, helping organisations streamline sourcing, screening, interviews and documentation at scale. As India’s textile and electronics industries expand rapidly, Vahan.ai aims to become the country’s largest digital workforce enabler for manufacturing, supporting both government-led industrialisation goals and the aspirations of millions of workers seeking stable, long-term livelihoods.

As Vahan.ai begins mobilising talent into high-growth manufacturing hubs, workers themselves are already witnessing the difference that stable, formal employment can create in their lives.

One such talent is Ragini, who recently moved from rural Uttar Pradesh to take up her first formal job through Vahan.ai. “This is my first step into the workforce after completing my studies.”, she stated, “With my salary, I’m able to support my parents and save a little for myself. The company and the work environment have been very good, and I plan to continue here for the next few years.” Khushi Kumari who moved all the way from Dhanbad, also resonated with the sentiment, “My family is happy that I’m earning and able to send money home. I also save a part of my salary. The facilities provided — from food to accommodation — make it easier to focus on my job.”