AI Impact Summit
First ever global AI summit hosted in global south
7 Chakra
- AI for economic development & social good
- safe & trusted ai
- inclusion for social empowerment
- resilience, innovation, efficiency
- democratizing ai resources
- science
- human capital
3 sutra
- people
- plant
- progress
MANAV Framework for Human Centric AI
- Moral & Ethical system
- Accountable Governance
- National Sovereignty
- Accessible & Inclusive AI
- Valid & legitimate
Outcomes of AI Impact Summit
- New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact
- guided by Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya
- New Delhi frontier AI Impact Commitment
- by MeitY
- Charter for Democratic Diffusion of AI
- Global AI Impact Commons
- Trusted AI Commons
- 3 sovereign AI Models launched
- 2 LLM by Sarvam AI
- TTS model - Vachana by Gnani.ai
- Param2 17B is a MoE by Bharat Gen
AI in Healthcare delivery
Roles:
- disease management, diagnosis
- eg. MadhuNetrAi for diabetic retinal screening
- Telemedicine, remote monitoring eg. e Sanjeevni
- Public Health Surveillance & Nutrition
- Administrative Efficiency & Fraud Detection
- eg. Eka Doc uses AI & NLP to summarize patient records
- remote monitoring, early detection, risk-based intervention and personalised care, particularly for chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
McKinsey Analysis, January 2026
AI application across healthcare reenue cycle operations can reduce costs by 30-60%
Challenges: algorithmic bias, digital divide, accuracy, reliability
- AI should supplement rather than replace doctors
- responsible & human centric AI integration required
AI in Agriculture
applications:
- soil health diagnostics from drone, satelite image
- climate responsive crop monitoring, advisory services
- farm mechanization efficiency
- improving price realization for farmers
- eNAM, AGMARKET
- enabling precision farming using GPS data, sensors, satelites, drone
Initiatives to promote AI driven agri
- Bharat VISTAAR: multilingual AI tool to integrate agri stack portal & ICAR knowledge with AI systems
- Kisan eMitra for desicion support services
- National Pest Surveillance System
- Data Driven Governance - Digital Agricultural Mission
- Nationwide Soil Resource Mapping Project
- CROPIC under PMFBY
Quantum Computing
Initiatives by India
- QuEST : Quantum enabled science & tech by DST
- MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab colab with AWS
- QKD in 2022 demonstrated by IIT Delhi & DRDO
- Quantum Frontier Mission of PM STIAC
Significance of National Quantum Mission for INdia
- strategic advantage
- security - encryption, defence
- capacity building
- startup ecosystem, economy growth, job growth
- NITI Aayog: QT can unlock $1-2Trillion in value by 2035
Challenges in Quantum Tech
- fragility of Qbit
- susceptible to noise
- hardware requirement - ultra cold temps
- error correction methods still need active research
- dual use dilemma - can be used for both civilian & military applications
- surveillance concerns
Semiconductor
Data shared in parliament: Semiconductor imports rose by 18% to Rs.1.71L.Cr in 2023-24.
Need for self sufficiency in semiconductor
- strategic autonomy (defence, communication, surveillance)
- supply chain risks
- backdoor vulnerability
- Economic
- balance of trade
- domestic GDP growth
- high value job creation
- take advantage of friendshoring, supply chain diversification by becoming alternative to china
- human capital development thru upskilling
- entrepreneurship
Challenges
- high capital intensity
- long gestation period
- absence of robust industrial ecosystem aroung semiconductor: wafer, specialty gases
- inconsistent availability of critical inputs (power, ultra clean water)
- governance: land acquisition, logistics
- high water requirement
- high carbon footprint
- toxic waste generation
- lack of trained workforce
- weak industry academia linkage
- tight export control regimes by other countries
Govt Initiatives
- Semicon India 2024: Rs.76,000Cr outlay
- Semiconductor Fabs Scheme
- Display Fabs Scheme
- Compound Semiconductor and ATMP/OSAT Scheme
- Design Linked INitiative
- Skill development programme
- PLI scheme for foundries
- iCET with USA
Telangana - AI Driven Helpline 112
- for emergency assisstance
- by Telangana Police
- brings together fire service, ambulance, police, woman safety, child protection, disaster response under single AI driven hotline
- reduced processing time by 30%