IndiaAI Pre-Summit focuses on AI for good governance

India has taken another step toward building a responsible and inclusive AI ecosystem with the IndiaAI Mission, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), organising a Regional Pre-Summit Event in Gandhinagar on Thursday.

The event, held at Mahatma Mandir in collaboration with the Gujarat Government and IIT Gandhinagar, is a key preparatory gathering leading up to the India–AI Impact Summit 2026, which will be held in New Delhi from February 15 to 20 next year.

The regional conference aims to bring together senior government officials, technology leaders, researchers and industry experts to discuss how AI can drive India’s economic, digital and social transformation.

The discussions will focus on using AI to strengthen governance, public services and development across urban and rural areas. The conference will open with an inauguration attended by several top dignitaries from Gujarat and the central government. These include Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Rameshbhai Sanghavi, State Science & Technology Minister Arjunbhai Modhwadia, Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Das, Additional Secretary MeitY and NIC Director General Abhishek Singh, and Gujarat’s Department of Science & Technology Secretary Ponugumatla Bharathi.

Centred on the theme AI for Good Governance: Empowering India’s Digital Future, the event will feature keynote sessions by national and global experts from organisations such as MeitY, Bhashini, Google Cloud, Microsoft, IBM Research, NVIDIA, Oracle and AWS.