Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, arrived in the nation's capital on Wednesday to attend the Global AI Impact Summit 2026. On February 20, Pichai will give the summit's keynote speech.

"Nice to be back in India for the AI Impact Summit - a very warm welcome as always and the papers looked great too," CEO Pichai wrote in a post on X.
The Prime Minister, meanwhile, discussed the government's plan to support the IT sector and the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on it in a special interview with ANI's text service. "India's IT sector has been the backbone of our services exports and a key driver of economic growth," the Prime Minister said. For this industry, artificial intelligence (AI) offers both enormous opportunities and challenges.

According to AI industry forecasts, domain-specific automation and fresh waves of AI-enabled outsourcing might propel India's IT sector to $400 billion by 2030," he claimed.
New Delhi's Bharat Mandapam is hosting the India AI Impact Summit 2026. It will end on February 20, 2026, having begun on February 16. In order to promote international conversations on artificial intelligence, the Summit brought together government policymakers, industry AI specialists, academics, technological innovators, and civil society representatives from all around the world in New Delhi.
As the first global AI summit to be hosted by the Global South, the India AI Impact Summit seeks to showcase the revolutionary potential of AI in line with the global philosophy of AI for Humanity and the national vision of "Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya" (welfare for all, happiness for all).

More than 110 nations, 30 international organizations, including roughly 20 at the HoS/HoG level, and over 45 ministers will attend the summit.

The AI summit is a component of a developing international process that aims to improve international collaboration on the safety, governance, and societal effects of AI.

The three Sutras, or fundamental pillars, of People, Planet, and Progress serve as the compass for the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The fundamental tenets of international collaboration in artificial intelligence are expressed in these sutras. They seek to encourage environmentally sustainable AI development, inclusive economic and technological advancement, and human-centric AI that protects rights and guarantees fair benefits across countries.