India AI Impact Summit 2026 – EU-India Business Roundtable, Pathways for EU-India AI Skills and Talent Mobility

This invite-only, Chatham House roundtable brought together senior European Commission leadership and C-level industry representatives to address a shared challenge: AI competitiveness depends on talent, and current mobility pathways between the EU and India fall significantly short of demand. Participants called for harmonised mobility frameworks, competency-based qualification recognition, and pilot models to make cross-border talent deployment workable — particularly for SMEs. The roundtable directly preceded the launch of the first-ever European Legal Gateway Office in India, marking a concrete step from dialogue to institutional action.