New Delhi, June 30 -- India must prepare its workforce to meet global needs in emerging sectors influenced by artificial intelligence and automation and orthodox fields such as healthcare, and authorities should work with industry to anticipate future requirements, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.

Jaishankar made the remarks at the launch of the Human Resource Mobility Forum, a two-day event aimed at highlighting legal pathways for migration and facilitating networking between foreign employers and Indians seeking jobs abroad. Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia are the focus countries for the event.

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