India, Feb. 15 -- The India AI Impact Summit 2026 arrives at a rare inflection point. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has crossed the threshold from promise to pervasiveness, yet the questions before us are no longer just about what AI can do; but for whom, at what cost, and with what accountability.

By hosting the world's first major global AI summit in the Global South, India is not merely convening a conversation; it is reframing the grammar of AI itself: from scale to significance, from benchmarks to human benefit.

Anchored in the three Sutras-People, Planet, Progress - and operationalised through seven Chakras spanning human capital, inclusion, safe AI, science, sustainability, and economic growth, the summit signals a decisive shift....