The World AI Summit concluded successfully in Bengaluru on 26th September 2025, bringing together over 150 global speakers and 1,000+ key stakeholders, including AI innovators, industry leaders, policy-makers, and technology pioneers.

Under the theme, “AI for All: Powering India’s Inclusive and Responsible AI Future,” the two-day event highlighted the importance of making AI accessible, ethical, and beneficial to all, while promoting innovation, inclusivity, and responsible deployment across industries, governance, and society.

 The summit also featured the launch of a special edition of eGOV Magazine, showcasing India’s most innovative AI initiatives and offering insights into the country’s rapidly growing AI ecosystem.

Day 1 Highlights: 25th September 2025

The summit opened with a welcome address from Dr. Ravi Gupta, Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd., who emphasized the transformative potential of AI and the importance of collaboration. “AI is transforming the entire IT landscape at an unprecedented pace. Every individual and institution must adapt and embrace AI to stay relevant. The World AI Summit 2025 is the platform where we are showcasing real-world applications, success stories, and cross-sector use cases,” he said.

Abhishek Singh, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India; DG, NIC & CEO, IndiaAI Mission, delivered a keynote on “AI for the Public Good,” highlighting India’s growing AI ecosystem. “AI has been a game-changer for the Government of India. We are ensuring access to compute for startups, researchers, and industries at just ₹65 per GPU per hour, supporting 12 startups and academic partners in building world-class LLMs and SLMs. With applications spanning healthcare, agriculture, and education, AI will contribute significantly to India’s $1 trillion mission,” he stated.

Representing the host state, Rahul Sharanappa Sankanur, IAS, Director, Department of Electronics, IT, Biotechnology & Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, highlighted Karnataka’s pivotal role in India’s AI journey. “With over 40% of India’s AI talent coming from Karnataka, the state continues to pioneer innovation. Our IT Policy 2025–2030 embraces an ‘India First’ vision, creating clusters beyond Bengaluru and fostering collaboration between startups, academia, and industry,” he said, inviting global partnerships to co-create ethical and impactful AI solutions.

Adding an industry perspective, S. Rajgopal, CEO & Managing Director, NxtGen Cloud Technologies Private Limited, cautioned about the scale of infrastructure required for India to compete globally. “Around 3 lakh crores are being spent by global tech companies, most operating at margins above 60%. While major players own over 100,000 GPUs each, India has only about 24,000–25,000 capable of building frontier models. We need to do far more and ensure that AI infrastructure works for India,” he said.

The summit featured several interactive presentations and live demonstrations. Mohamed Irfan Peeran, CEO of VDart, showcased VOUCH, a digital identity platform fostering trust between humans and machines, emphasizing scalable product development through centres of excellence, reusable toolkits, and labelled success frameworks.

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A series of high-impact panels and keynote sessions underscored India’s growing role as a global AI hub. In the panel “The AI Playbook: Strategy, Transformation and Impact at Scale,” moderated by Aditya Kaushik, Executive Director – Digital Economy & Strategic Technologies, US-India Business Council, panellists including Kushal K. Pathak, Joint Secretary (IT), Rajya Sabha Secretariat; Syona Sarma, Head of Hardware Engineering, Cloudflare; Ravindra Yadav, Senior Director – Data Science, Meesho; Pranav Saxena, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Flipkart & API Holdings; and Jishnu Sanyal, Partner, Trilegal

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