New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S Krishnan on Monday said that over 2.5 lakh participants from across India and around the world have registered for the ongoing India Impact AI Summit 2026, exceeding expectations.

Talking to ANI on the inaugural day of the Summit, Krishnan said the response was overwhelming and unprecedented.

"The enthusiasm to participate in the event has truly grown. We have more than 2.5 lakh registrations from across India and the rest of the world. We've tried to make all the arrangements that we can. We never anticipated that there would be so many people willing and wanting to attend, which is why we did not restrict the registrations. So on all the days e...