India is expanding its AI ecosystem through the
IndiaAI Mission with over ₹10,300 crore outlay and 38,000 Graphics Processing
Units (GPUs) deployed, strengthening indigenous computing infrastructure,
startups, skilling, datasets and responsible AI governance.
India AI Mission
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About: IndiaAI mission
marks a defining step to position India as a global leader in Artificial
Intelligence under the vision ‘Making AI in India and Making AI Work for
India’.
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Implementation: It is
implemented by IndiaAI, an independent business division under the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), to build a comprehensive AI
ecosystem that promotes innovation, supports startups, improves data access,
and ensures the responsible use of AI for public good.
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Objectives: To build
sovereign indigenous AI capability, promote inclusive and affordable access to
AI, reduce dependence on foreign platforms and use AI as a growth engine for
social and economic development.
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Key Components: Expansion
of high-end computing through 38,000 GPUs, development of Indian foundation
models like BharatGen AI, creation of national datasets via AIKosh, and support
to AI startups and India-specific applications.
AI Ecosystem in India
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Scale & Employment:
India’s technology and AI sector is expanding rapidly, with revenues projected
to exceed USD 280 billion and employing over 6 million people.
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India has secured the 3rd
position globally in Artificial Intelligence competitiveness, according to a
report by Stanford University’s 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Tool.
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Innovation Base: The
country hosts 1,800+ Global Capability Centres, including 500+ AI-focused
centres, alongside around 1.8 lakh startups.
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Startup Adoption: Nearly
89% of startups launched last year have integrated AI into their products or
services.
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Enterprise Usage: India
scores 2.45 out of 4 on the NASSCOM AI Adoption Index, with 87% of enterprises
actively using AI solutions.
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Sectoral & Maturity
Profile: AI adoption is strongest in industrial & automotive, retail, BFSI,
and healthcare, contributing about 60% of AI value, while 26% of companies have
achieved AI maturity at scale.
Major Government Initiatives
Related to Artificial Intelligence in India
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BharatGen AI: India’s
first government-funded multimodal multilingual Large Language Model,
supporting 22 Indian languages for text, speech and image-based AI
applications.
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Sarvam AI (Sovereign LLM
Ecosystem): An indigenous generative AI initiative for secure and efficient
public service delivery, including smarter Aadhaar services.
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Centres of Excellence
(CoEs) for AI: Research and innovation hubs in sectors like healthcare, agriculture,
sustainable cities and education for developing scalable AI solutions.
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Bhashini: An AI-powered
multilingual platform that provides translation and speech services in 20+
Indian languages, enabling citizens to access digital public services irrespective
of language or literacy barriers.
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AI Competency Framework:
A globally benchmarked capacity-building programme that equips government
officials with essential AI skills for effective policymaking and future-ready
governance.
India AI Impact Summit 2026:
India will host the Summit in February 2026 to showcase national AI
capabilities and promote innovation. Key flagship initiatives include
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AI Pitch Fest (UDAAN):
Global platform for AI startups to pitch innovations with special focus on
women-led enterprises and differently-abled changemakers.
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Global Innovation
Challenges: Open challenges for youth, women and other innovators to Promote
AI-based solutions to real-world public sector problems across domains.
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Research Symposium:
International forum for leading AI researchers from India, Global South and
world to enable presentation of research, exchange of methods and global
collaborations.
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AI Expo: Exhibition
focused on ethical and responsible AI with participation of 300+ exhibitors
from India and 30+ countries.
