New Delhi, July 1 -- India must prepare its workforce to meet global needs in emerging sectors influenced by artificial intelligence (AI) 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. Advances in AI and automation are set to transform labour markets, leading to significant changes in some occupations and the emergence of entirely new categories of jobs, while the green economy will create demands for new skills, Jaishankar said. "These developments require governments, industry, educational institutions and international organisations to work together much more closely than they have ever done before. We must develop mechanisms that anticipate future workforce requirements," he said. Steps should be taken for continuous learning and skill adaptation, as well as greater recognition of competencies across countries, and workers must be "prepared not just for today's opportunities, but also for the demands of tomorrow", he said....