India’s Ministry of Education will host a special session on advancing artificial intelligence in the education sector at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on Feb. 17, as the government moves to scale up AI integration in line with its long-term development goals.
The session, titled “Ministry of Education – Pushing the Frontier of AI in India”, will be held at Bharat Mandapam, and will be attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Jayant Chaudhary, the ministry said in a statement.
The event is part of the ministry’s broader strategy to embed AI across the education ecosystem, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Over the past decade, the ministry has laid the groundwork for AI-enabled education through national digital platforms, policy frameworks, institutional reforms and large-scale capacity-building initiatives spanning school education, higher education, skilling, and advanced research and innovation, it said.
The government has established a Centre of Excellence in AI for Education at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The ministry has also carried out consultations with academia, industry, civil society and government bodies to shape a roadmap for AI integration. More recently, the education minister held discussions with AI startup founders in the education sector and chaired the two-day Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 to advance responsible, AI-driven transformation.
The session at the summit will focus on India’s transition from policy formulation to implementation at scale, highlighting the use of public digital infrastructure, centres of excellence, teacher training programmes, curriculum integration and collaboration with industry and startups.
The panel will feature leaders from academia, industry and the investment ecosystem, including Sridhar Vembu, founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation; Vibhu Mittal, technologist and innovation leader at Inflection; Rajan Anandan, managing director at Peak XV Partners; Manindra Agrawal, director of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; V. Kamakoti; and Sunita Sarawagi. The discussion will be moderated by Manoj S. Gaur, director of Indian Institute of Technology Jammu.
According to the ministry, the discussion will examine how governance frameworks, national learning platforms, indigenous AI innovation and responsible deployment of frontier AI models are converging to reshape education outcomes. Emphasising systemic interventions over isolated pilot projects, the session aims to outline India’s national AI-in-education roadmap and strengthen collaboration between industry, academia and government.
