Vahan.ai has expanded its hiring operations into India’s textile and electronics sectors as the company begins mobilising workers from Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to manufacturing hubs in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The platform will deploy its recent strategic investments to build what it calls the country’s largest AI-led workforce pipeline for frontline industrial jobs. The move comes as India pushes toward a $1 trillion manufacturing output target by 2025–26.
Vahan.ai has started working with large manufacturers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to meet high-volume hiring needs. The company has already enabled over 1 million job placements across 920 cities in sectors like delivery, mobility and warehousing and has strengthened its expansion into industrial hiring.
In July, the company received a strategic investment from LemmaTree, an investment firm founded by Singapore-based Temasek. The company is also backed by Persol Group and Khosla Ventures.
As part of the deal, Vahan.ai has also acquired L.earn, a mobile-first digital upskilling platform from GoodWorker, which was also backed by LemmaTree.
CEO Madhav Krishna said, “India’s strengthening manufacturing landscape will not be driven by factories alone. It will be propelled by people.” He added that the company aims to bring more workers, including women, into formal and stable employment by easing access through AI.
Early workers placed in these clusters say the shift has changed their lives. In the press release, Vahan mentioned Ragini, who moved from Uttar Pradesh for her first formal job, said, “With my salary, I’m able to support my parents and save a little for myself.” Khushi Kumari from Dhanbad said the facilities and steady earnings allow her to focus on her work.
Vahan.ai plans to scale its digital hiring infrastructure further as textile and electronics clusters expand and demand for labour rises across India’s manufacturing ecosystem.
Manufacturing is expected to rise from 17% to over 25% of GDP under the Viksit Bharat@2047 vision. Electronics and textiles are set to drive much of this growth. Electronics manufacturing has created 25 lakh jobs in the last decade and is projected to grow at 27% CAGR till FY28, while textiles are expected to expand 15–20% annually, the release states.
India is also benefiting from the China Plus One shift, with more than 70% of iPhones sold in the United States now assembled locally.
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