India AI Impact
Summit 2026
The first global AI summit hosted by a Global South nation. Ninety one countries and international organisations endorsed the New Delhi Declaration, establishing a voluntary yet consequential framework for collaborative, trusted, resilient and efficient artificial intelligence.
The M.A.N.A.V. Mantra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled India's human centric vision for Artificial Intelligence. MANAV, meaning “human” in Hindi, outlines five guiding principles ensuring AI serves humanity rather than displacing it.
Moral and Ethical Systems
AI must be built on ethical guidelines, emphasizing fairness, transparency, and human oversight. India is integrating digital and AI literacy into its National Education Policy 2020 to foster these values from an early stage.
The summit saw a Guinness World Record for AI responsibility pledges: 250,946 pledges collected in 24 hours.
Accountable Governance
Transparent rules and robust oversight to build trust in AI. The IndiaAI Mission, with an outlay exceeding Rs.10,300 crore, aims to institutionalize standards for responsible AI development and deployment.
Ensures explainable, lawful, and democratically aligned AI systems.
National Sovereignty
In an AI driven world, sovereignty extends to data, algorithms, and digital infrastructure. India is focusing on securing critical datasets, strengthening domestic compute capacity, and fostering indigenous AI model development.
India Semiconductor Mission and trusted data governance frameworks.
Accessible and Inclusive
AI should be a multiplier for society, not a monopoly. Digital Public Infrastructure, MeghRaj GI Cloud, IndiaAI Compute Portal, IndiaAI Kosh, and National Supercomputing Mission democratize access to computing resources.
Broad based, affordable, and inclusive innovation for all.
Valid and Legitimate
AI systems must be verifiable, lawful, and transparent. This is particularly crucial in combating deepfakes and synthetic media. IT Amendment Rules 2026 formally define and regulate synthetically generated content.
IndiaAI Safe and Trusted AI pillar supports bias mitigation and algorithmic auditing.
“AI is a transformative power that, if guided rightly, can become a solution for human welfare. India sees fortune and the future in AI. We possess the talent, energy, capacity, and policy clarity to lead.”
$250 Billion+ in AI Investments
Public and private infrastructure commitments signaling unprecedented investor confidence in India's AI infrastructure roadmap.
Image Source: News24 Online. Tech leaders including Mukesh Ambani, Sam Altman, and Sundar Pichai at the summit.
Reliance Industries
Rs.10 Lakh CroreMulti gigawatt AI ready data centers, national edge compute infrastructure, and integrated large scale renewable energy.
Adani Group
Green Energy FocusAI specialized, renewable powered data centers across India, positioning as a domestic provider of large scale compute capacity.
Microsoft
Global South InitiativeAI investment in the Global South with India as major focus. Expanding AI infrastructure, skilling programs, and multilingual capabilities.
Visakhapatnam AI Hub providing gigawatt scale compute and India US subsea cable initiative for enhanced connectivity.
Neysa (Blackstone)
Majority StakeMumbai based neo cloud provider scaling GPU capacity for enterprises and sovereign use cases.
Qualcomm
Startup EcosystemInvestment in Indian tech and AI startups, including partnerships for edge AI deployment on smartphones and wearables.
Indigenous AI Model Launches
Indian startups and government backed initiatives unveiled cutting edge AI models, demonstrating sovereign AI capabilities.
Image Source: NVIDIA Blog. India's AI infrastructure and compute ecosystem.
Sarvam AI
30B & 105B Parameter ModelsBengaluru based startup unveiled models trained entirely in India, designed for efficient high context reasoning and local language applications.
BharatGen Param2
17B Mixture of ExpertsMultilingual foundational model supporting 22 Indian languages. Targeted at government, education, healthcare, and cultural digitization.
AMD TCS Helios
Rack Scale AI BlueprintCollaboration to co develop AI infrastructure powered by AMD MI455X GPUs and EPYC CPUs for accelerated deployments.
Gnani.ai HumanOS
Digital Human PlatformSelf cloned Digital Human platform for voice and video customer engagement with multilingual, low latency conversational experiences.
Pillars of the Declaration
The New Delhi Declaration is structured around seven interconnected “Chakras” or pillars, translating the foundational Sutras of People, Planet, and Progress into concrete areas of multilateral cooperation.
Source: WHNT / AP News
Democratizing AI Resources
Charter for Democratic Diffusion promoting affordable access to foundational AI infrastructure.
Economic Growth & Social Good
Global AI Impact Commons enabling cross country replication of successful AI use cases.
Secure & Trusted AI
Trusted AI Commons consolidating technical resources, benchmarks and voluntary guidance.
AI for Science
International Network of AI for Science Institutions connecting research communities.
Access for Social Empowerment
Collaborative platform facilitating knowledge exchange for equitable AI adoption.
Human Capital Development
AI Workforce Development Playbook and Reskilling Principles for the AI driven economy.
Resilient & Efficient AI
Guiding Principles on energy efficient systems and AI Infrastructure Resilience Playbook.
Policy & Strategic Milestones
New Delhi Declaration
Nations and international organizations endorsed the declaration committing to inclusive AI, democratized access, and multinational cooperation on trustworthy frameworks.
Strategic Initiative
India formally joined the US led Pax Silica initiative securing supply chains for silicon based technologies and critical minerals for AI ecosystems.
GPUs Added
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined plans to add over 20,000 GPUs to India's existing base as part of the whole of nation AI strategy.
Select Major Endorsements
“The India AI Impact Summit 2026 represents a watershed moment in global AI governance. The convergence of major powers, including the United States, China, and the European Union, under a single declaratory instrument signals an unprecedented normative alignment. For Indian enterprises operating globally, the Declaration provides a legitimacy framework for cross border AI deployments.”