At the 8th Global AI Leadership Meet 2025 organized by ASSOCHAM, Chief Guest Mr. S. Krishnan, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India , highlighted the efforts by both the government and the private sector in the AI space in India as well as around the world. “Compared to many other programmes that we run, the India AI mission is something that reflects public-private partnership.
The way it has been rolled out and conceptualized is that every element of it is being implemented with industry, academia, or startups and innovators. That is a huge change in the way a typical government programme gets done”.
“The effort is not to establish a large AI compute facility by the government itself for use in the private sector”, he said. “There is a clear recognition that the private sector can do it faster and more efficiently and manage it more efficiently. Government focus is to build capacity by encouraging participation of private investments and technologies of both Indian companies and partnerships of global companies. Government will support various growth initiatives across sectors using such capacity on payment basis which shall be good for society, whether same is offered to researchers, academic institutions, students, innovators, entrepreneurs, or those who will be developing India’s own AI models like Sarvam.ai. So, the facility that they will be using, the capacity that they will be using are capacities that are established by the private sector”.
“Equally, the capacity to build AI servers, AI-based servers, is something where the government and the private sector are participating and collaborating in a significant way. Many of these servers are being built by Indian companies, but they are also part of the effort that India has moved towards under the National Supercomputing Mission, where the chips, the computer chips, are basically developed by CDAC”.
“Of course, the GPU chips are the AI-activated chips coming from India and other companies. So, there’s true partnering with India as the whole country is involved in this”, he emphasised.
“Likewise, when it comes to developing AI models, we have the participation of the private sector, of innovators, and of academic institutions. So, the first four, which have been announced, include Sarvam AI, Gyani, GAN, and Socket, all of which are led by Indian innovators. And you will soon be hearing of more, who will be joining those ranks for whom, again, there is going to be support in the manner that we described”.
He shared, “The Government focus is on AI capacity development, be it innovation, R&D, Industry and MSME adoption and human capability development and not on specific AI regulation, anyways, relevant laws and rules are in place. He clarified that while we are taking note of regulations that have come and are being worked upon in EU and other nations, we have capability to bring legislation without delay, if and when required, so there is no need to be worried and our focus remains capacity development and productivity enhancement in sectors of social importance like agriculture, health, education and so forth”.
Mr. Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Yotta Data Services and Co-Chair, ASSOCHAM AI Task Force in his welcome address, said, “ India’s emergence as a global leader depends on our commitment to sovereign AI technology rooted in trust, inclusivity, and sustainability that reflects the nation’s unique strengths and aspirations. ASSOCHAM’s Global AI Leadership Meet plays a crucial role in bringing together visionaries and policymakers to shape a responsible and forward-looking AI ecosystem. At Yotta, we are proud to support this transformative journey with our Shakti Cloud platform, providing the secure and scalable AI infrastructure essential to realizing India’s vision”.
“AI is transforming personal & professional space with accelerated innovation every week. However, enterprises are still not able to achieve the full value of AI! To enable this potential, enterprises need to bring together the trifecta of AI, large-scale data engineering, and design thinking. Additionally, to succeed, they need to prepare the entire workforce for AI and create a culture that encourages adoption of new tools/accelerators while following Responsible AI principles” said Mr. Sandeep Dutta, Chief Practice Officer, APAC, Fractal.
Dr. Lovneesh Chanana, Co-Chair, ASSOCHAM AI Task Force and Sr. VP & Head of Govt Affairs (Asia Pacific), SAP ASIA Pte Ltd focused on Artificial Intelligence and its value, saying , “It’s about how business leaders, policymakers, and innovators can unlock real, measurable return on investment from ethical, responsible, and reliable AI in a world that’s anything but predictable. It’s time we move from experimentation to execution, from pilots to platforms, and from hype to hard metrics”.
A defining highlight of the 8th Global AI Leadership Meet 2025 was the release of the joint Knowledge Report, “ Harnessing AI: Pioneering Change for an Empowered Tomorrow ,” with PwC India.
The report was unveiled by Mr. S. Krishnan, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, Mr. Manish Singhal, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM, Mr. Mike Harney, Vice President, Govt and Regulatory Affairs, IBM Corp and other distinguished dignitaries.
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