India AI Impact Summit 2026

When Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi hosted the India AI Impact Summit across five days in February 2026, the world's marquee AI summit series arrived in the Global South for the first time. Convened under the Sanskrit motto Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya - welfare and happiness for all - it drew delegations from over a hundred countries and 22 heads of government, and pulled roughly six lakh visitors through its gates. The event closed with a 92-nation declaration, a spread of voluntary governance charters, and investment pledges running past USD 200 billion, staking India's claim to steer the global debate away from AI's dangers and toward its everyday usefulness.