<h1>HR leaders urge shift to strategic, AI-ready HR: empathy, adaptability, digital literacy, continuous learning for resilient workforces</h1> A management institute, in collaboration with a national HR association, hosted an HR Leadership Summit in Kolkata on AI-driven future of work. A state transport minister attended; senior HR leaders and practitioners delivered a keynote and participated in panels on hybrid leadership and urgent upskilling for an AI era. Panelists-senior HR executives from industry and professional services-emphasized empathy, adaptability, communication, continuous learning, and digital literacy as critical to organizational resilience. Organizers concluded that HR must evolve from transactional functions to strategic architects of change, building digitally empowered and emotionally resilient workforces.