Logo and Key
Flagship Initiatives for the India-AI Impact Summit 19-20 Feb 2026 at Bharat Mandapam Unveiled
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Ashwini Vaishnaw
Unveiled the Logo and Key Flagship Initiatives for the India-AI Impact Summit 2026
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Key flagship initiatives include the UDAAN
- Global AI Pitch Fest,
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YuvaAI Innovation Challenge, AI by HER, Global Innovation Challenge for All, Research
Symposium, and AI Expo
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India Launches Eight Indigenous Foundational
Model Projects to Build Multilingual, Healthcare, Scientific, Industrial, Governance
and Agriculture AI Capabilities
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The logo embodies India’s strategic vision
for People, Planet, and Progress through Artificial Intelligence
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The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 will be
held on 19-20 February, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
The Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology, Government of India, unveiled the logo and key flagship initiatives
for the India-AI Impact Summit 2026.
Being hosted for the
first time by a Global South nation, the Summit is guided by the principles or Sutras
of People, Planet, and Progress. The discussions are further centered around 7 thematic Chakras - Human Capital, Inclusion,
Safe & Trusted AI, Resilience, Science, Democratizing AI Resources, and Social
Good, underscoring how AI can be an impactful force for citizens, communities, and
the planet alike.
The logo and key initiatives were unveiled
in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Hon’ble Minister of State, MeitY, S. Krishnan, Additional Secretary, MeitY, Abhishek
Singh, Principal Scientific Advisor to GoI, Prof. Ajay
Sood, COO, IndiaAI, Ms. Kavita Bhatia, and Prof. Stuart
Russell, University of California, Berkeley and other senior dignitaries.
Official Logo
The official logo's identity is the Ashoka
Chakra, an emblem of ethical governance, justice, and constitutional values that
guide India’s digital and technological journey. From this core, neural network
flares radiate outward, symbolizing AI’s transformative impact across languages,
industries, and geographies, bridging divides and enabling inclusive progress.
Remarking on the momentous occasion, Ashwini
Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Minister, MeitY highlighted, “The India AI mission
has made very good progress. If we see from the beginning, our main goal was to
give better compute facilities to a large number of students, researchers. We had
a target of 10000 GPUs, and today we are at 38000GPUs, which is very good progress.”
Further highlighting key initiatives he added, “The AI Data Labs are intentionally
located across diverse regions, reflecting our approach to inclusive growth and
ensuring that technology is democratized in line with the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s vision of equal access to opportunity. Our target of 570 Data Labs will be
spread across the country and open doors for students going forward.
Key Initiatives Launched
The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 will feature
a series of flagship initiatives, including:
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AI Pitch Fest (UDAAN): It will showcase innovative AI startups from across the globe and high-potential
ventures from India's Tier 2 & 3 hubs, with a special focus on women leaders
and differently-abled changemakers.
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Global innovation challenges for youth, women, and other participants: The initiative aims to foster AI-driven
solutions that address real-world public challenges across sectors.
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Research symposium: A one-day interdisciplinary gathering set to showcase cutting-edge AI research
forum that brings together leading researchers and practitioners from India, the
Global South, and the wider international community to present frontier work on
the impact of AI, exchange methods and evidence, and forge collaborations.
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AI Expo: The Expo for Responsible Intelligence will feature 300+ exhibitors from India
and 30+ countries with 10+ thematic pavilions.
Launch of eight new foundational model
initiatives: Under the IndiaAI Foundation Models pillar, eight pioneering projects
have been launched to build indigenous AI models trained on India-specific data.
Selected from about 506 proposals, these initiatives span multilingual and domain-specific
models, scientific discovery, healthcare, and industrial innovation laying the groundwork
for India’s AI leadership.
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Avatar AI – Creating specialized “AI Avatars” up to 70B parameters, optimized for
Indian languages and domains such as agriculture, healthcare, and governance.
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IIT Bombay Consortium – Bharat Gen – Developing multilingual and multimodal models ranging
from 2B to 1T parameters, with an open-source approach to support applications in
agriculture, finance, legal, health, and education.
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Fractal Analytics Ltd. – Building India’s first large reasoning model of up to 70B parameters,
designed for structured reasoning, STEM disciplines, and medical problem-solving.
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Tech Mahindra Maker’s Lab – Designing an efficient 8B parameter model for Indic languages (with a
focus on Hindi dialects), alongside an agentic AI platform, Orion, for government
applications.
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Zenteiq – Developing BrahmAI, a science-driven
multimodal foundation model (8B–80B parameters) to advance engineering intelligence,
scientific computing, and industrial innovation.
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GenLoop – Creating small language models (2B parameters) –
Yukti (Base), Varta (Instruction), and Kavach (Guard) – to support all 22 scheduled
Indian languages with native reasoning and content moderation.
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Intellihealth – Proposing a 20B parameter model for
EEG signal analysis to enable early screening of neurological disorders and advance
brain–computer interface research.
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Shodh AI – Developing a 7B parameter model for material discovery, integrating AI
into experimental workflows to accelerate innovation in material sciences.
Dedication of 30 IndiaAI
Data and AI Labs: 30 Data & AILabs have been launched pan-India,
forming the first wave of a 570-lab network. The first 27 labs are in partnership
with NIELIT, established across key Tier 2 & 3 cities, and three state-of-the-art
labs are set up in Mokokchung, Mhow, and Mohali with Intel.
These labs will deliver foundational AI and data training courses under the FutureSkills initiative of the IndiaAI
Mission.
Foundational courses on data annotation
and data curation: Delivered through the Data and AI Labs network, new foundational courses
aim to equip learners to participate in the AI economy by offering entry-level training
in data annotation (images, text, audio) and data curation (organizing and labeling datasets).
Announcement of IndiaAI
Fellowship Program and Portal: IndiaAI Fellowship Program has been expanded
to support 13,500 scholars, covering 8,000 undergraduates, 5,000 postgraduates,
and 500 PhD researchers from all disciplines. This brings the IndiaAI Fellowship at par with PM Research Fellowships.These fellowships are now open to students from
diverse disciplines across engineering, medicine, law, commerce, business, and liberal
arts.The Fellowship Portal will
enable digital applications, progress tracking, mentorship, and review. To check
your eligibility and apply, visit fellowship.indiaai.gov.in
The India-AI Impact Summit
2026 will be held on February 19-20,
2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The large-scale
summit is expected to see participation from heads of states, global leaders, policy
makers, researchers, industry experts and innovators.
Annexure
Hosted by the Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology, the India AI-Impact Summit 2026 will be held
on February 19-20 2026 in New Delhi. The global platform is set to showcase the
transformative role of AI in enabling inclusive development, sustainability, and
fostering equitable progress. The Summit charts a path where AI serves humanity,
advances inclusive growth, fosters social development, and promotes innovations
that protect the planet.
The Three Sutras
The Summit will be anchored on three guiding
principles or Sutras:
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People: AI must serve humanity
in all its diversity, respecting cultural identities, preserving dignity, and ensuring
no one is left behind. Focus areas include human development in an AI-enabled world,
multilingual and accessible systems, and safe and trusted deployment.
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Planet: AI development and
deployment must be resource efficient while also accelerating climate resilience,
environmental protection, and scientific discoveries. AI must align with planetary
stewardship and global sustainability goals.
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Progress: Ensure equitable distribution of AI’s benefits, democratize access to datasets,
compute, and models, and apply AI to healthcare, education, governance, and agriculture.
The Seven Chakras
The Sutras are translated into action
through seven Chakras, areas of multilateral cooperation designed to deliver
tangible outcomes:
1. Human Capital– Address employment, skilling, and workforce
transformation. Develop global frameworks for literacy, reskilling, and equitable
access to future skills.
2. Inclusion for Social Empowerment– Foster AI that reflects languages, cultures,
and identities; ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities; prevent gender
and data biases.
3. Safe and Trusted AI – Provide democratized access to safety
testing, transparency, and auditing tools; build interoperable governance and assurance
mechanisms.
4. Resilience, Innovation, and Efficiency – Promote resource-efficient AI, lightweight
and adaptable to local realities, reducing disparities and environmental costs.
5. Science – Expand responsible use of AI to accelerate
research and discovery; strengthen ecosystems and partnerships in the Global South;
promote open, interdisciplinary research.
6. Democratizing AI Resources – Forge pathways for equitable access
to data, compute, models, and critical infrastructure, enabling diverse AI solutions
that reflect global realities.
7. AI for Economic Development & Social
Good – Identify and scale
AI applications in public interest sectors; create platforms for knowledge and resource
sharing; enable cross-border collaboration.
As AI adoption increases around the world,
the AI Impact Summit charts a discourse around measurable impact of AI, highlighting
India’s role as a global convener for the Global South and beyond. Bringing together
world leaders, innovators, policymakers, and industry pioneers, the Summit will
shape a shared vision for AI that truly serves the many, not just the few.