India AI Impact Summit 2026
India AI Impact Summit 2026
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 is an international conference on artificial intelligence held from Monday, 16 February to Friday, 20 February 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India. The five-day summit was a major global forum on the societal, economic and governance implications of AI, bringing together policymakers, technology leaders, researchers, startups, civil society representatives and international organisations.
Organised under the IndiaAI Mission by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, the summit aimed to advance responsible, inclusive and human-centric AI development. The programme included plenary sessions, thematic panels, exhibitions and policy roundtables addressing AI safety, public digital infrastructure, innovation ecosystems, regulatory frameworks and international cooperation.
Contents
- Background and Context
- Outcome Documents
- Policy Evolution: From Bletchley to Delhi
- Policy Evolution: Quantitative Analysis
- Normative Shift in Global AI Governance
- Key Attendees
- See also
- References
- External links
Background and Context
The India AI Impact Summit emerged at a pivotal moment in global artificial intelligence governance, following a succession of high-profile international gatherings that have progressively shaped the discourse around artificial intelligence.
| Summit | Date | Host | Participants | Key Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Safety Summit | 1–2 Nov 2023 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | ~28 countries (plus EU) | Bletchley Declaration on AI risk management |
| AI Seoul Summit | 21–22 May 2024 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 27 countries | Seoul Declaration on safe, innovative & inclusive AI |
| AI Action Summit | 10–11 Feb 2025 | 🇫🇷 France | 100+ countries; 1000+ participants | Joint declaration by 61 countries on inclusive AI |
| India AI Impact Summit | 19–20 Feb 2026 | 🇮🇳 India | 88 countries + EU + IFAD | AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026) |
AI Safety Summit (2023)
The United Kingdom initiated this diplomatic sequence on 1–2 November 2023 with the Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit, where 28 nations signed the Bletchley Declaration, prioritising frontier AI risks and establishing initial safety frameworks. This was the first ever global summit on artificial intelligence.
AI Seoul Summit (2024)
The momentum shifted to South Korea six months later for the AI Seoul Summit, held on 21 – 22 May 2024. This second chapter proved pivotal, resulting in the Seoul Declaration, which successfully brought major AI laboratories and civil society advocates to the negotiating table alongside heads of state.
AI Action Summit (2025)
France hosted the AI Action Summit on 10 – 11 February 2025. By that time, the global narrative had fundamentally matured. The conversation moved beyond the abstract, safety-first anxieties of earlier meetings toward a more pragmatic focus on “AI for Action”—emphasising tangible implementation, measurable socio-economic outcomes, and the scaling of technology for the public good.
India’s Hosting and Positioning (2026)
India’s decision to host the 2026 summit marked an effort to shape the direction of the ongoing international AI dialogue rather than merely extend it. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Delhi gathering during the Paris summit, explicitly framing it as an opportunity to centre the perspectives and priorities of emerging and developing economies in AI policy debates. This positioning reflected India’s growing ambitions as both an AI developer and a voice for nations navigating the technology divide between well-resourced and resource-constrained countries. The summit title itself signalled this broader intent: whilst earlier gatherings emphasised ‘safety’ or ‘action’, India’s choice of ‘impact’ underscores a focus on tangible applications, equitable access and developmental outcomes.
India’s engagement with artificial intelligence has accelerated substantially in recent years through coordinated policy initiatives and institutional development. The IndiaAI Mission, launched as a comprehensive national programme, established the organisational infrastructure and strategic vision underlying the summit. This mission encompasses multiple pillars, including the development of sovereign computing capacity, creation of public AI datasets, support for innovation ecosystems and programmes to democratise AI access across Indian society. The government has simultaneously worked to position the country as a responsible AI innovator through frameworks balancing technological advancement with ethical guardrails and inclusive design principles.
Global Regulatory Landscape
The summit took place amid divergent regulatory and governance approaches to artificial intelligence. The European Union has adopted a comprehensive, risk-based legislative framework through the EU AI Act. The United States has emphasised executive guidance, voluntary commitments and public-private collaboration. China has combined state-directed AI advancement with regulatory controls over algorithmic deployment and content governance.
Within this varied international landscape, India has sought to articulate an approach that integrates innovation, developmental priorities and governance safeguards. The India summit reflects an effort to engage with existing global frameworks while also foregrounding the concerns of countries building digital infrastructure, expanding compute capacity and addressing labour-market transitions linked to automation. In this sense, the gathering forms part of a broader discussion about how global AI governance can incorporate perspectives from emerging economies alongside those of established industrial powers.
Outcome Documents
The India AI Impact Summit represented the latest milestone in a rapidly evolving international dialogue on artificial intelligence governance. Understanding this summit's policy significance requires examining the declarations, statements and commitments that have emerged from preceding gatherings, as these texts collectively trace the development of global consensus—and divergence—on how AI should be governed, deployed and regulated.
AI Safety Summit (Bletchley Park, November 2023)
The Bletchley Declaration
AI Seoul Summit (South Korea, May 2024)
The AI Seoul Summit, held on 21–22 May 2024, built upon Bletchley's foundation whilst broadening the agenda to encompass innovation and inclusion alongside safety. South Korea's hosting marked a deliberate effort to position Asia as a central actor in AI governance discussions and to foreground questions of digital equity that had received limited attention in earlier safety-focused deliberations.
Seoul Declaration for Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI
The Seoul Declaration, signed by 11 countries and entities during the Leaders' Session on 21 May 2024, explicitly linked safety frameworks to innovation policy and inclusive development. The declaration recognised that rigid safety requirements risk concentrating AI capabilities amongst well-resourced actors, potentially widening rather than narrowing global technological divides. Signatories committed to fostering international cooperation that balances rigorous safety standards with support for innovation ecosystems, particularly in countries lacking advanced AI infrastructure.
- Balance between AI safety and continued innovation
- Support for inclusive AI development bridging digital divides
- International cooperation linking various global AI safety initiatives
- Recognition that safety frameworks must accommodate diverse economic contexts
Seoul Statement of Intent on AI Safety Science
As an annex to the Seoul Declaration, the Seoul Statement of Intent outlined concrete mechanisms for operationalising safety cooperation. The statement committed signatories to establishing an international network of government-backed AI Safety Institutes tasked with developing shared testing methodologies, coordinating research on emerging risks, and ensuring interoperability of safety evaluation frameworks across jurisdictions.
Frontier AI Safety Commitments
Running parallel to governmental declarations, the Seoul Summit secured voluntary commitments from 20 leading AI companies—including Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI. The Frontier AI Safety Commitments obligate signatories to define thresholds for intolerable risk, conduct rigorous pre-deployment testing, implement robust security controls for unreleased model weights, and maintain transparency regarding their safety frameworks.
These commitments represent the first instance of major AI laboratories publicly pledging to specific accountability measures, including commitments not to deploy models if risks cannot be adequately mitigated. The voluntary nature of these pledges, however, raises questions about enforceability and whether industry self-regulation can substitute for binding regulatory frameworks.
- Define thresholds for intolerable AI risks and assess whether models breach them
- Conduct rigorous pre- and post-deployment safety testing
- Implement robust security controls for unreleased model weights
- Commit not to deploy models if risks cannot be adequately mitigated
- Maintain public transparency on safety frameworks and accountability measures
AI Action Summit (Paris, 10–11 February 2025)
Co-chaired by France and India, Paris marked the first major AI summit explicitly prioritising Global South perspectives. Over 100 countries participated, shifting from Bletchley's safety focus to implementation, sustainability, and equitable access for developing nations.
Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence
- Public Interest AI Platform & Incubator
- AI energy observatory (IEA partnership)
- Labour market impact observatories network
- 3 principles: Science, open AI Solutions, Policy standards
- Accelerate progress toward all 17 UN SDGs
India AI Impact Summit (February 2026)
The India AI Impact Summit, held on 16–20 February 2026 in New Delhi, positioned itself as the next phase in this diplomatic progression. Organised under India's IndiaAI Mission, the summit aimed to translate the aspirational commitments of previous declarations into concrete policy frameworks and implementation strategies.
AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi
The declaration was adopted on 19 February 2026 and released by the Ministry of External Affairs on 21 February 2026. Endorsed by 88 countries and international organisations — including USA, UK, China, Russia and the EU — it operationalises the Seven Chakras through seven named voluntary initiatives.
- Charter for the Democratic Diffusion of AI
- Global AI Impact Commons
- Trusted AI Commons
- International Network of AI for Science Institutions
- Voluntary platform for AI adoption for social empowerment
- Guiding principles + playbook on AI workforce development
- Guiding Principles on Resilient, Innovative and Efficient AI + Infrastructure Playbook
Working Group and Expert Engagement Group Reports
The summit's Seven Chakras—thematic working groups addressing Human Capital, Inclusion for Social Empowerment, Safe and Trusted AI, Science, Resilience and Innovation, Democratising AI Resources, and AI for Economic Development—produced outcome documents detailing policy recommendations, implementation roadmaps, and commitments from participating governments and organisations.
Working Group Outcome Documents
The summit's Seven Chakras—thematic working groups addressing distinct dimensions of AI's global impact—conducted deliberations from October 2025 through January 2026. Over 100 countries worldwide engaged through these working groups to shape a future of responsible and inclusive AI. Each working group is co-chaired by Indian government officials alongside international partners, with hybrid meetings held across Indian cities.
Human Capital Working Group
Focuses on equitable skilling and workforce transitions for an AI-enabled economy.
Co-Chairs:
• Prof. TG Sitharam (India) – Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
• Philippines (Country Co-Chair)
• Rwanda (Country Co-Chair)
Working Group Meeting: 5th–6th January 2026, Hybrid (Guwahati)
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 14 Nov 2025: CXO Roundtables at Nasscom Technology Confluence (Pune, Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkata)
- 13 Nov 2025: Shaping an Inclusive AI Future – Fireside with Jessica Jensen (New Delhi, AI Kiran)
- 11–13 Nov 2025: U.S.–India AI & Technology Cooperation Dialogue (New Delhi)
- 3 Nov 2025–31 Jan 2026: AI for All: Catalysing Jobs, Growth, and Opportunity (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Prosus)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
Inclusion for Social Empowerment Working Group
Advances inclusive-by-design AI solutions for diverse communities across languages, regions, and abilities.
Co-Chairs:
• Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal (India) – Secretary, Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD)
• Switzerland (Country Co-Chair)
• Nigeria (Country Co-Chair)
Working Group Meeting: 16th January 2026, Hybrid (Hyderabad)
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 13 Nov 2025: Women in the Loop: Shaping the AI Economy (New Delhi, The/Nudge Institute)
- 13 Nov 2025: Breaking Barriers: Capacity, Data, and Inclusion in AI (South Africa, ORF & SAIIA)
- 8 Nov 2025: Women's Health Futures: Innovation, Equity, and Lifelong Wellbeing (New Delhi, ORF)
- 22 Oct 2025: Inclusive AI Roundtable Dinner at Consulate General of India (San Francisco, AI Kiran)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
Safe and Trusted AI Working Group
Builds globally trusted AI systems anchored in transparency, accountability, and shared safeguards.
Co-Chairs:
• Prof. Balaraman Ravindran (India) – Founding Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras
• Brazil (Country Co-Chair)
• Japan (Country Co-Chair)
Working Group Meeting: 10th–11th December 2025, Hybrid (Chennai)
Conclave on Safe and Trusted AI: Public event held alongside the working group meeting featuring global experts on AI safety, risk mitigation, and governance frameworks.
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 18 Dec 2025: eRaksha – Cyber Security Summit (New Delhi, Data Security Council of India)
- 10 Dec 2025: Operationalising AI Safety in the Global South (London, UK AI Safety Institute)
- 11–13 Nov 2025: U.S.–India AI & Technology Cooperation Dialogue (New Delhi)
- 8–10 Oct 2025: Harnessing the Power of AI: Safe and Ethical Integration (Geneva, GLOBETHICS)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
Science Working Group
Harnesses AI to accelerate frontier science, foster scientific collaboration, and translate breakthroughs into shared progress.
Co-Chair:
• Dr. Ajay Kumar Sood (India) – Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Working Group Meeting: 8th January 2026, Hybrid (Mumbai)
Conclave on AI for Science: Public symposium held at IIT Bombay on 7th–8th January 2026, exploring AI's role in scientific discovery, research collaboration, and equitable knowledge-sharing.
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 7–8 Jan 2026: Conclave on AI for Science (IIT Bombay, Mumbai)
- 8 Nov 2025: Mozilla Festival (MozFest) 2025: Responsible AI Across Countries (Barcelona, Mozilla Foundation)
- 11–13 Nov 2025: U.S.–India AI & Technology Cooperation Dialogue (New Delhi)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
Resilience, Innovation and Efficiency Working Group
Drives sustainable, resource-efficient AI systems that strengthen climate resilience and sustainability.
Co-Chairs:
• Mr. Pankaj Agarwal (India) – Secretary, Ministry of Power
• France (Country Co-Chair)
Working Group Meeting: 16th–20th January 2026, Hybrid (Bengaluru) [Tentative]
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 12 Feb 2025: India-France AI Policy Roundtable (Paris, during AI Action Summit)
- 11–13 Nov 2025: U.S.–India AI & Technology Cooperation Dialogue (New Delhi)
- 11–15 Feb 2025: Road to the AI Action Summit (Paris, France)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
Democratising AI Resources Working Group
Promotes equitable access to foundational AI resources for inclusive innovation and sustainable development.
Co-Chairs:
• Mr. Saurabh Garg (India) – Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
• Egypt (Country Co-Chair)
• Kenya (Country Co-Chair)
Working Group Meeting: 18th–19th December 2025, Hybrid (Bhubaneswar)
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 13 Nov 2025: Breaking Barriers: Capacity, Data, and Inclusion in AI (South Africa, ORF & SAIIA)
- 16 Dec 2025: National Digital Data Marketplace Conclave (Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
- 22 Nov 2025: Shaping the Future of AI and Digital Public Infrastructure (Seattle, USA)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
AI for Economic Development and Social Good Working Group
Leverages AI to enhance productivity, innovation, and inclusive development across economies and societies.
Co-Chairs:
• Ms. Debjani Ghosh (India) – Senior Adviser, NITI Aayog
• Netherlands (Country Co-Chair)
• Indonesia (Country Co-Chair)
Working Group Meeting: 12th January 2026, Hybrid (Lucknow)
Key Pre-Summit Events:
- 3 Nov 2025–31 Jan 2026: AI for All: Catalysing Jobs, Growth, and Opportunity (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Prosus)
- 10 Jan 2026: Business Analytics Conclave (New Delhi, Analytics India Magazine)
- 9 Dec 2025: Delivering AI Impact: Lessons from India (London, Chatham House)
Status: Released as part of the AI Impact Summit Declaration, New Delhi (21 February 2026)
Policy Evolution: From Bletchley to Delhi
Examining these outcome documents collectively revealed a clear trajectory in international AI governance discourse. Bletchley established safety as a legitimate international concern. Seoul expanded the agenda to encompass innovation and inclusion, recognising that safety-first approaches risk entrenching existing power asymmetries. Paris pivoted decisively toward implementation, sustainability, and equity, with the notable absence of the US and UK signalling fractures in the consensus forged at Bletchley.
India's summit sought to consolidate these themes whilst centring the perspectives and priorities of emerging economies. The shift from abstract commitments to concrete mechanisms—observatories, platforms, capacity-building initiatives—reflected maturation in the governance conversation. Yet the voluntary, non-binding nature of these declarations, combined with divergent national interests and regulatory approaches, leaves open the question of whether this diplomatic process can produce enforceable norms capable of shaping how AI is actually developed and deployed.
The outcome documents from Delhi provided the clearest indication yet of whether international AI governance can move beyond declarations toward coordinated action.
Policy Evolution: Quantitative Analysis
A comparative analysis of outcome documents from the 2023–2025 AI summit sequence revealed a dramatic reorientation in international AI governance priorities.
From Safety to Inclusive Governance
Keyword frequency analysis across major outcome documents demonstrates a fundamental policy shift, expanding well beyond a strict safety paradigm into broader socioeconomic domains:
| Focus Category | Bletchley (2023) | Seoul (2024) | Paris (2025) | Delhi (2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety / Safe | 82 | 38 | 6 | 0 |
| Open* | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Inclusion / Inclusive | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Equity / Equitable | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Human Rights / Right(s) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Security / National Security | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sustainable / Environment / Carbon | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Risk / Risks | 57 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| Harm / Harms | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier Models | 44 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Extinction / X-risk / Catastrophic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sovereignty / National Sovereignty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This quantitative shift reflected changing diplomatic priorities. The Bletchley Declaration (November 2023) maintained an overwhelming focus on safety, risk, and frontier models. By contrast, subsequent summits began diversifying language. Paris fundamentally reversed the initial safety emphasis, with “sustainable” frameworks (9) and “inclusive” references (7) superseding strict risk mitigation (1) and effectively matching safety language (6) for the first time in AI summit history.
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Policy Architecture Comparison
Beyond keyword frequency, the evolution of global AI summits can be examined through structural policy commitments. The table below compares how each summit framed risk, openness, institutionalisation and implementation mechanisms.
| Policy Dimension | Bletchley 2023 | Seoul 2024 | Paris 2025 | India-France 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Framing | Frontier AI safety and catastrophic risk | Safety + innovation + inclusion | Implementation and sustainability | Openness and resource democratisation |
| Risk Language | Strong emphasis on catastrophic risk | Maintained safety focus | Reduced explicit risk framing | Minimal safety rhetoric |
| Openness Language | Open models framed as safety concern | Marginal reference to openness | Positive reference to open AI models | Explicit support for open and reusable models |
| Institutional Mechanisms | Commitment to AI Safety Institutes | Networked Safety Institutes formalised | Public Interest AI Platform proposed | Free and open AI resource collaboration |
| Global South Positioning | Limited | Emerging recognition | Central theme | Explicit developmental framing |
| Binding Nature | Political declaration | Political + voluntary corporate pledges | Political declaration | Political declaration |
Regulatory Vision Shift
This quantitative shift reflected changing diplomatic priorities:
Bletchley Park (2023): Frontier AI characterised as posing “potentially catastrophic” risks. Open-source development treated as a safety concern. International cooperation centred on risk mitigation and safety testing protocols.
Seoul (2024): Maintained safety focus (38 safety references) whilst introducing “innovation” and “inclusion” as co-equal goals. However, openness rhetoric remained scarce across core declarations, with a 5.43:1 safety-to-openness ratio.
Paris (2025): First explicit embrace of “open AI models” language. Safety references dropped 84.2% from Seoul levels. The statement committed signatories to “focusing on open AI models” and launching a Public Interest AI Platform supporting “openness and transparency.”
India-France (2025): Marked the clearest articulation of an openness agenda, advocating “development of free and open resources for all countries,” “broad and open and freely reusable large language models,” and explicit support for “open source tools.” Notably, the United States and United Kingdom declined to sign the Paris Statement, signalling divergence between nations prioritising open, publicly funded AI development and those emphasising private-sector innovation protected by intellectual property regimes.
India 2026: Implications
India’s positioning as co-chair of the Paris Summit and signatory to the openness-centred India-France Declaration carried this trajectory into Delhi. The summit’s “Democratising AI Resources” working group—one of its Seven Chakras — operationalises openness as a counterweight to concentrated AI capabilities amongst Western firms. The Delhi Declaration’s explicit embrace of open AI resources and democratic diffusion suggested this shift represents a durable realignment rather than a transient diplomatic moment.
Normative Shift in Global AI Governance
Beyond terminology and institutional mechanisms, the summit sequence from 2023 to 2025 reflects a deeper normative transformation in how artificial intelligence is conceptualised within international policy discourse.
The 2023 Bletchley framework was grounded in precaution. Frontier AI systems were framed primarily through the lens of catastrophic and systemic risk, with governance structured around containment, safety testing and institutional oversight. The dominant policy logic was risk mitigation.
By 2024, Seoul introduced a balancing narrative. Safety remained central, but innovation and inclusion were explicitly elevated as co-equal objectives. This marked the beginning of a shift from pure precaution toward calibrated enablement.
Paris in 2025 represented a further evolution. The framing pivoted toward implementation, sustainability and development equity. Openness was recast not as a vulnerability, but as a tool for democratisation. Institutional proposals moved from safety institutes toward shared platforms, observatories and public-interest infrastructure.
The India–France articulation sharpened this trajectory by explicitly advocating resource democratisation, open and reusable models, and development-oriented AI cooperation. The centre of gravity moved from catastrophic frontier risk to distributive access and economic enablement.
This progression suggested that international AI governance is transitioning from a security-dominated paradigm toward a development-oriented governance model—one that prioritises access, infrastructure and capacity-building alongside safety considerations.
Key Attendees
The India AI Impact Summit attracted participation from over 100 countries, with delegations including 15–20 heads of government, more than 50 ministers, over 50 chief executives from leading global and Indian companies, and approximately 500 prominent figures from the international AI ecosystem. These included innovators, researchers, chief technology officers and representatives from multilateral organisations. The scale of participation reflected the summit’s positioning as a major diplomatic and policy forum addressing artificial intelligence governance and development.
The summit organisers published a list of key attendees on the official website, focusing primarily on chief executives, senior leadership and prominent global figures. This curated selection highlights individuals holding executive positions or recognised leadership roles within their respective organisations and sectors.
Heads of State and Government (Across Summits)
Recognising the trajectory of AI governance from Bletchley Park to New Delhi, the following apex leaders have played pivotal roles as hosts, co-chairs, or key attendees:
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (Host, 2026; Co-Chair, 2025)
- Emmanuel Macron, President of France (Host, 2025; Key Attendee, 2026)
- Yoon Suk Yeol, President of South Korea (Host, 2024)
- Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany (Key Attendee, 2026)
- Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Key Attendee)
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (Key Attendee)
| Name ⇅ | Title and Organisation ⇅ |
|---|---|
| Aarthi Subramanian | Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services |
| Ajay Vij | Senior Country Managing Director, Accenture India |
| Akhilesh Tuteja | Head of Clients and Industries, KPMG India |
| Alexandr Wang | Chief AI Officer, Meta |
| Amanda Brock | Chief Executive Officer, OpenUK |
| Amit Zavery | President, Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer, ServiceNow |
| Ana Paula Assis | Senior Vice President and Chair Asia Pacific and EMEA, IBM Corporation |
| Anastasia Stasenko | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pleias |
| Anna Tumadóttir | Chief Executive Officer, Creative Commons |
| Anne Neuberger | Strategic Advisor, Andreessen Horowitz |
| Anne Robinson | Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, IBM Corporation |
| Aparna Bawa | Chief Operating Officer, Zoom |
| Arthur Mensch | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mistral AI |
| Arundhati Bhattacharya | Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce India |
| Bejul Somaia | Partner, Lightspeed |
| Bill Gates | Chair, Gates Foundation |
| Bipul Sinha | Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Co-Founder, Rubrik |
| Børge Brende | President and Chief Executive Officer, World Economic Forum |
| Börje Ekholm | President and Chief Executive Officer, Ericsson Group |
| Brad Smith | President and Vice Chair, Microsoft |
| Burkhard Boeckem | Chief Technology Officer, Hexagon AB |
| BVR Mohan Reddy | Founder and Chairman, Cyient Ltd |
| C Vijayakumar | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, HCLTech |
| Carme Artigas Brugal | Senior Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center and ADIALab |
| Cristiano Amon | President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated |
| Dame Melanie Dawes | Chief Executive, Ofcom |
| Dario Amodei | Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic |
| David Zapolsky | Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer, Amazon |
| Dr Aisha Walcott-Bryant | Head of Research, Google Africa |
| Dr Anand Deshpande | Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Persistent Systems |
| Dr Archana Sharma | Principal Scientist, CERN Switzerland |
| Dr Bonnie Kruft | Managing Director, Microsoft Research |
| Dr Jacki O'Neill | Director, Microsoft Research Africa |
| Dr Kalika Bali | Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research |
| Dr Liming Zhu | Head of the AI and Digital Division, CSIRO |
| Dr Manish Gupta | Senior Director, Google DeepMind |
| Dr Pushmeet Kohli | Vice President of Science, Google DeepMind |
| Dr Sara Hooker | Co-Founder, Adaption Labs |
| Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman | Chief Executive Officer, Anusandhan National Research Foundation |
| Dr Sunayana Sitaram | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research |
| Dr Venkat Padmanabhan | Managing Director, Microsoft Research |
| Eric Grimson | Chancellor for Academic Advancement, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Erik Ekudden | Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson |
| Giordano Albertazzi | Chief Executive Officer, VERTIV |
| Harita Gupta | Head of Global Experience, Sutherland Global |
| Harshil Mathur | Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Razorpay |
| Hemant Taneja | Chief Executive Officer, General Catalyst |
| Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman | Officiating Director-General, NAMTECH |
| Ivana Bartoletti | Vice President, Wipro |
| J Trevor Hughes | President and Chief Executive Officer, IAPP |
| James Manyika | President of Research, Labs, Technology and Society, Google and Alphabet |
| Jason Oxman | President and Chief Executive Officer, Information Technology Industry Council |
| Jay Chaudhry | Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Founder, Zscaler |
| Jeet Adani | Director, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd and Adani Digital Labs |
| Jeetu Patel | President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco |
| Jeff Shapiro | Chief Executive Officer, Scanline VFX |
| Jensen Huang | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NVIDIA |
| Jorge Solis | Chief Executive Officer, Soufflet Malt |
| Julie Sweet | Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture |
| K Krithivasan | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services |
| Kalyan Kumar | Chief Product Officer, HCL Software |
| Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | Chairperson, Biocon Group |
| Kunal Bahl | Co-Founder, AceVector and Titan Capital |
| Lars Reger | Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, NXP Semiconductors |
| Martin Schroeter | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kyndryl |
| Martin Tisné | Founder and Chair, CurrentAI |
| Matthew Prince | Chief Executive Officer, Cloudflare |
| Mike Haley | Senior Vice President, Research, Autodesk |
| Mukesh D Ambani | Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited |
| Mustafa Furniturewala | Chief Technology Officer, Coursera |
| Nandan Nilekani | Co-Founder and Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited |
| Natalie Black | Group Director (Infrastructure and Connectivity) and Executive Board Member, Ofcom |
| Natarajan Chandrasekaran | Chairman, Tata Sons |
| Natasha Crampton | Vice President, Chief Responsible AI Officer, Microsoft |
| Navrina Singh | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Credo AI |
| Nikesh Arora | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Palo Alto Networks |
| Nikhila Natarajan | Adjunct Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University |
| Olivier Blum | Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric |
| Pallavi Mahajan | Global Chief Technology and AI Officer, Nokia |
| Prativa Mohapatra | Managing Director, Adobe India |
| Prith Banerjee | Senior Vice President of Innovation, Synopsys |
| Prof CV Jawahar | Professor of Computer Science, IIIT Hyderabad |
| Prof Aditya Vashishtha | Assistant Professor of Information Science, Cornell University |
| Prof Alice Oh | Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| Prof Alison Noble | Professor of Engineering, University of Oxford |
| Prof Anima Anandkumar | Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech |
| Prof Balaraman Ravindaran | Head, Department of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras |
| Prof Dame Wendy Hall | Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton |
| Prof Monojit Choudhury | Professor of NLP, MBZUAI |
| Prof Neil Lawrence | DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge |
| Prof Nicholas Davis | Professor of Emerging Technology, University of Technology Sydney |
| Prof PJ Narayanan | Professor and Former Director, IIIT Hyderabad |
| Prof Priya Donti | Assistant Professor, EECS and LIDS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Prof Ramesh Raskar | Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Labs |
| Prof Somesh Jha | Professor of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Prof Stuart J Russell | Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
| Prof Subbarao Kambhampati | Professor of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University |
| Prof Surya Ganguli | Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Computer Science, Stanford University |
| Prof Vukosi Marivate | Professor of Computer Science, University of Pretoria |
| Prof Yann LeCun | Executive Chairman, AMI Labs |
| Prof Yoshua Bengio | Founder and Chair, Mila Institute |
| Rahul Singh | Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Functions, HCLTech |
| Raj Koneru | Chief Executive Officer, Kore.ai |
| Raj Reddy | Professor, Computer Science and Robotics, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Rajesh Subramanian | Chief Executive Officer, FedEx |
| Rao Charagondla | Chief Financial Officer, IIT Bay Area Alumni |
| Ravi Kumar S | Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant |
| Ravi Mhatre | Partner and Co-Founder, Lightspeed |
| Richard Marko | Chief Executive Officer, ESET |
| Rishad Premji | Executive Chairman, Wipro Limited |
| Roshni Nadar Malhotra | Chairperson, HCLTech |
| Roy Jakobs | Chief Executive Officer, Royal Philips |
| Ruchika Panesar | Chief Digital and Information Officer, Group Functions and Country Head India, NatWest Group |
| Salil Parekh | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys |
| Sam Altman | Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI |
| Sameer Jain | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Net Solutions |
| Sandip Patel | Managing Director, IBM India South Asia |
| Sanjay Mehrotra | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Micron |
| Sanjay Sharma | Vice President, ArcelorMittal |
| Santhosh Viswanathan | Managing Director and Vice President, India Region, Intel |
| Seema Ambastha | Chief Executive, Larsen and Toubro Vyoma |
| Shantanu Narayen | Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Adobe |
| Shobana Kamineni | Executive Chairperson, Apollo HealthCo |
| Sir Demis Hassabis | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Google DeepMind |
| Sridhar Vembu | Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Zoho Corporation |
| Sundar Pichai | Chief Executive Officer, Google and Alphabet |
| Sunil Bharti Mittal | Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises |
| Takahito Tokita | Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu Limited |
| Tony Blair | Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change |
| Uday Shankar | Vice Chairman, JioStar |
| Umesh Sachdev | Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Uniphore |
| Victoria Espinel | Chief Executive Officer, Business Software Alliance |
| Vijay Guntur | Chief Technology Officer and Head of Ecosystems, HCLTech |
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Paytm |
| Vishal Sikka | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vianai Systems |
| Vivek Mahajan | Chief Technology Officer, Fujitsu Limited |
See also
- Sunil Abraham at India AI Impact Summit 2026
- Portal:Artificial Intelligence, overview portal on artificial intelligence within the Sunil Abraham Project
References
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- AI Impact Summit in Delhi: What to know — dates, venue, security, traffic, and global business leaders, Times of India, accessed 13 February 2026
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External links
- Official website
- IndiaAI on YouTube (includes live video streaming)
- IndiaAI on Facebook
- India AI on 𝕏
- IndiaAI on Instagram
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