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AI Governance: Held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi India AI Impact Summit 2026 On Thursday, the world’s biggest personalities were seen on one stage. Many global tech leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron and Google CEO Sundar Pichai attended.

The theme of this six-day long international conference is ‘Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya’, i.e. ‘welfare of all, happiness of all’. Earlier this summit has been held in UK in 2023, South Korea in 2024 and France in 2025. This is considered to be the largest AI summit ever, in which heads of state of more than 20 countries and more than 500 global AI leaders have participated.

CEOs of world’s biggest companies also present

Well-known industrialists like Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Shantanu Narayen and Rishad Premji attended the summit. The presence of these giants indicates that India is going to become a major center of global investment and partnership in the AI ​​sector.

Great to meet with the Honorable PM @narendramodi this morning.

We discussed how Google is helping with his mission to infuse AI at all levels in India to improve health, expand access to information in all languages, support startups, agriculture and so much more.

Thank you…

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 18, 2026

PM Modi’s big message: Human-centric development through AI

Prime Minister Modi on Monday said that this theme reflects India’s commitment to use AI for human-centric progress.

He wrote, ‘AI today is transforming several sectors, including healthcare, education, agriculture, governance and enterprise. The AI ​​Impact Summit will enrich global discourse on diverse aspects of AI, such as innovation, collaboration, responsible use and more. I am confident that the outcomes of the Summit will help shape a future that is progressive, innovative and opportunity-driven.”

He further said, ‘Thanks to the 1.4 billion people of India, our nation stands at the forefront of the AI ​​transformation. From digital public infrastructure to a vibrant StartUp ecosystem and cutting-edge research, our strides in AI reflect both ambition and responsibility.”

200 billion dollar investment expected, India’s extraordinary trajectory

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that more than $200 billion investment is expected in the next two years. Sundar Pichai said that India is on “an extraordinary trajectory” in the field of AI. But it is going to move forward. He said, “We want to be a partner,” and pledged to develop an undersea cable network as part of an existing $15 billion AI infrastructure investment. He also said, “Since my childhood growing up in Chennai, India has undergone an incredible transformation.” At the same time, American chip company Nvidia has announced to provide advanced processors for AI data centers in collaboration with Indian cloud companies.

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