India AI Impact Summit to Focus on Safety Guardrails: Vaishnaw

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Vaishnaw stressed on need to address apprehensions around AI by building appropriate guardrails, guidelines and safety features

By TRH News Desk

New Delhi, January 21, 2026 — Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw has highlighted India’s comprehensive approach to artificial intelligence, semiconductors and deep tech innovation. He was speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 at Davos.

“The upcoming AI Impact Summit has been designed with a clear focus on outcomes. The first objective of the Summit is impact—how AI models, applications and the overall AI ecosystem can be used to improve efficiency, increase productivity and create a multiplier effect for the economy,” Vaishnaw said.

The second objective, he said, is accessibility, particularly for India and the Global South. Drawing parallels with India’s success in building the UPI and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) stack, Vaishnaw noted that the world is now looking to India to see whether a similar, scalable and affordable stack can be created for AI.

“The third objective of the AI Impact Summit is safety,” Vaishnaw said, emphasising the need to address apprehensions around AI by building appropriate guardrails, guidelines and safety features, and stated that the regulatory and safety stack for AI should also be built in India.

He added that global leaders and technology leaders will participate in the Summit, alongside investment announcements and the rollout of India’s AI models.

The Union Minister noted that India now has nearly 200,000 startups and is among the top three startup ecosystems globally. He said there has been a fundamental shift over the last decade, with a growing focus on deep tech.

He highlighted that 24 Indian startups are designing chips, one of the most challenging areas for startups, and that 18 of them have already received venture capital funding, indicating strong confidence in India’s deep-tech capabilities.