India, Aug. 25 -- The OpenAI Education Summit in Delhi on Monday was held as a pre-event to the AI Action Summit that India will host in February 2026. A person aware of the matter told HT that OpenAI plans to organise more such events in the run-up to the Summit.

At the event, the company announced the OpenAI Learning Accelerator, an India-first initiative focused on research, access, and training in education. The programme includes a $500,000 ( Rs.4.25 crore) research collaboration with IIT Madras, distribution of around half a million ChatGPT licenses to students and teachers in partnership with the ministry of education, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and industry group Arise, and training programmes for educator...