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In this opinion piece for the Hindustan Times, Swetha Totapally, Partner and Regional Director for Asia-Pacific at Dalberg Advisors, explores a quiet but profound demographic shift. By 2047, nearly one in five Indians will be an older adult, a social transition that demands a new perspective on ageing and longevity.
Drawing on the recent Dalberg report, Longevity: A New Way of Understanding Ageing, Swetha highlights that India’s elders contribute an estimated 14 billion hours annually to caregiving and 2.6 billion hours to community building. As lives grow longer, there is a burgeoning desire for older adults to remain purposeful, engaged, and self-directed.