Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday announced the New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments, a key outcome of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, aimed at promoting collaboration between global frontier AI companies and India’s domestic innovators for inclusive and responsible artificial intelligence.
Speaking at the summit’s opening ceremony, Vaishnaw outlined India’s AI strategy docked in democratisation, scale, and sovereignty across five layers of the AI stack: applications, models, compute, talent, and energy. He highlighted priority deployment in healthcare, agriculture, education, and public services.
“AI is a foundational technology transforming how we work, learn, and make decisions. Our Prime Minister’s vision is to democratise technology, deploy it at scale, and make it accessible to all,”* he stated, highlighting that human safety and dignity must remain central to AI development.
The voluntary commitments focus on advancing real-world AI understanding and strengthening multilingual evaluations. Participating organisations include Sarvam, BharatGen, Gnani.ai, Soket, and global frontier AI firms.
