New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- India is entering a decisive phase in its semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, with sustained policy backing, competitive compute pricing, and long-term investments aimed at building sovereign capabilities, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) S. Krishnan said in an address on Monday at the India AI Impact Summit.

Highlighting the overwhelming response to the event, he said attendance at the Summit exceeded expectations and the energy in the room reflected strong global interest in India's AI and semiconductor ecosystem.

Tracing the policy foundation back to the National Policy on Electronics in 2012 and its acceleration after 2014, Krishnan emphasised tha...