India Among The Least Prepared For Automation In Asia Pacific: Study India Among The Least Prepared For Automation In Asia Pacific: Study NEW DELHI — A new study by Autodesk Foundation, said that India ranks fifth highest in terms of impact from automation and ninth in the level of preparedness for the automation wave that the world will soon witness. The country faces a greater likelihood of being impacted by automation due to larger employment shares in agriculture, manufacturing, and construction — all identified as high-risk industries by the report titled ‘ said in a blog. “With a high proportion of routine and manual tasks and low year-on-year global productivity growth (1 percent, over the past 20 years to 2017), the construction industry is the most likely to be one of the hardest hit by automation across all countries in the Asia Pacific.”