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🎬🚨 For 18 years, @Practo founder @shashanknd has been at the intersection of health and technology, but he says the last year has felt more transformational than anything before it. He’s recently launched Cent, an AI-led disease detection platform, and is using AI just as ambitiously inside Practo to reshape the company from the ground up. In our ongoing series IndiaAI in Action, brought to you by Startup Policy Forum and the IndiaAI Mission, we spoke to Shashank and co-founder @abhinavlal about how they’re integrating AI across every business function at Practo. 🎥 Do watch! @OfficialINDIAai @SPF_India @SecretaryMEITY @abhish18

Honoured to moderate the plenary at Competition Commission of India’s National Conference on Competition and AI. From evolving value chains to new forms of entry barriers and algorithmic behaviour, there is a lot for competition law to engage with as AI markets develop. A nuanced and timely discussion. @CCI_India , @ravneetkaurpb @NLUDofficial, @nakulguptaMDI, @MDIGurgaon, @myUpchar, @SPF_India

“AI is too important not to regulate and too important not to regulate well.” Immensely engaging conversation at the @ndtv Ind.AI Summit with James Manyika, Senior Vice President of @Google for Research, Labs, Technology and Society as he shared a clear and forward looking perspective on regulating artificial intelligence. He spoke about the need to balance bold innovation with deep responsibility, highlighting both misuse and what he described as missed use, where AI’s potential for public good remains untapped. He also underscored India’s opportunity to grow as a full stack AI ecosystem that combines research, talent, infrastructure, and real world deployment. James represents a rare leadership, working directly wit @sundarpichai and operating at the intersection of frontier research, society, trust and public responsibility. Key takeaways from the conversation: 🔹 Regulation must be thoughtfully designed to prevent harm while also enabling innovation, growth, and real societal impact 🔹 AGI is still years away, and the current priority should be responsible deployment of existing AI systems at scale 🔹 Safety cannot sit on the sidelines. It must be built into models, systems, and applications from the very beginning 🔹 Sovereignty and global collaboration are not opposing ideas. Countries can protect national interests while still working together on shared standards and progress 🔹 By 2030, the real measure of success will not be technical breakthroughs alone, but whether AI’s benefits are widely and equitably shared Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/jtwyxvMfSHs @SPF_India | @abhish18 | @SecretaryMEITY | @GoI_MeitY | @Google | @SecretaryMEITY | @IndiaAiExpo | @OfficialINDIAai | @GoogleDeepMind @GoogleResearch @GoogleLabs | @rahulkanwal

No AI bubble. Only an AI boom. At the @ndtv Ind.AI Summit, @nvidia’s Jay Puri, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations who led the delegation for the @OfficialINDIAai Impact Summit, made it clear: GPU demand is “insatiable”, infrastructure is fully lit, and the world is only at the beginning of a trillion dollar AI buildout that will transform everything. From powering hyperscalers to partnering with several industrial giants like Yotta, Larsen and Toubro, and Reliance, NVIDIA is doubling down on India. With supportive policy, rising AI factories, and momentum around sovereign models like Sarvam, India is fast becoming a serious force in the global AI race. You can watch the excerpt on AI bubble here youtu.be/4WcePQULZvI?si… And the full conversation here youtu.be/PgEMi5fzwqM?si… @abhish18 @GoI_MeitY @SecretaryMEITY @IndiaAiExpo @OfficialINDIAai @SPF_India

🚨 Great to meet @RishiSunak, former UK Prime Minister and now Senior Adviser at @Microsoft and @AnthropicAI, on the sidelines of the @ndtv IndiaAI Summit with Startup Policy Forum @SPF_India. From AI as his physics tutor to light moments about the Murthy family, his session with @rahulkanwal was super insightful and engaging. At Startup Policy Forum, we deeply value conversations where technology meets policy. @vaishalisood | @manishlunia80 | @cajaindeepak |@richmondproj | @anmurty

#NDTVIndAISummit | Catch Rajat Arya, Founder & CEO of 169Pi, sharing game-changing insights from the NDTV Ind•ai Summit 2026! In this exclusive interview, he dives into how his team built ALPIE CORE - a groundbreaking 32 billion 4-bit model in coding & reasoning. All on a lean budget, proving India's AI innovation knows no bounds! Watch the future of homegrown AI. @aayush_a6 | @SPF_India | @ShwetaRKohli Knowledge Partner: Dayananda Sagar University Co-powered by: DP World State Partner: UP Government (@upgovt) Insurance Partner: Axis Max Life Insurance (@AxisMaxLifeIns) Associate Partner: Rocket (@rocketdotnew) Associate Partner: Union Bank (@UnionBankTweets) Associate Partner: Zoho (@zoho) Impact Partner: Adani Solar & Adani Ports Special Partner: Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoloi Travel Partner: Gaura Travels Real Estate Partner: Eldeco

🇮🇳 @nvidia, @OpenAI, @SarvamAI, @emergent, @elevenlabs, @Microsoft, @Replit @invideoOfficial… and many many more. Every voice in AI that matters joined us at the @ndtv Ind.AI summit held in partnership with Startup Policy Forum earlier this week. 🚀 Watch unmissable highlights from our big day. Over the next few days, watch this space for more as we share excerpts from all the sessions. @rahulkanwal @VishnuNDTV @aayush_a6 @ShivAroor @alexandermats @RishiSunak @chrislehane @prasoonjoshi_ @hardeep_gambhir @Chandan_Perla @_sankyy @mukundjha @pratykumar @SPF_India

#NDTVIndAISummit | "AI is a big revolution that is coming in the industry": Vivek Anchalia, Founder, Amazing Indian Stories; Director of Naisha, India’s first AI-powered Bollywood film @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @MinakshiKandwal Knowledge Partner: Dayananda Sagar University State Partner: UP Government (@upgovt) Insurance Partner: Axis Max Life Insurance (@AxisMaxLifeIns) Associate Partner: Rocket (@rocketdotnew) Associate Partner: Union Bank (@UnionBankTweets) Associate Partner: Zoho (@zoho) Impact Partner: Adani Solar & Adani Ports Special Partner: Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoloi Travel Partner: Gaura Travels Real Estate Partner: Eldeco

#NDTVIndAISummit | "Vahan is building an AI recruiter for India's massive blue collar work force": Madhav Krishna, Founder & CEO, Vahan.ai @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @twoonezerosix Knowledge Partner: Dayananda Sagar University State Partner: UP Government (@upgovt) Insurance Partner: Axis Max Life Insurance (@AxisMaxLifeIns) Associate Partner: Rocket (@rocketdotnew) Associate Partner: Union Bank (@UnionBankTweets) Associate Partner: Zoho (@zoho) Impact Partner: Adani Solar & Adani Ports Special Partner: Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoloi Travel Partner: Gaura Travels Real Estate Partner: Eldeco

#NDTVIndAISummit | Nothing 'Artificial' In Artificial Intelligence, Says Prasoon Joshi @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @shivaroor @MinakshiKandwal

#NDTVIndAISummit | Nikhil Malhotra, Chief Innovation Officer, Tech Mahindra on what is emerging in AI @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @twoonezerosix Knowledge Partner: Dayananda Sagar University State Partner: UP Government (@upgovt) Insurance Partner: Axis Max Life Insurance (@AxisMaxLifeIns) Associate Partner: Rocket (@rocketdotnew) Associate Partner: Union Bank (@UnionBankTweets) Associate Partner: Zoho (@zoho) Impact Partner: Adani Solar & Adani Ports Special Partner: Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoloi Travel Partner: Gaura Travels

#NDTVIndAISummit | Satish Abburi, Co-Founder, on URSA Clusters and Ursa Compute shares how what problems his brand is solving for India's AI ecosystem @UrsaCloud @ursacompute @SatishAbburi @ambikas80 @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @ambikas80 Knowledge Partner: Dayananda Sagar University State Partner: UP Government (@upgovt) Insurance Partner: Axis Max Life Insurance (@AxisMaxLifeIns) Associate Partner: Rocket (@rocketdotnew) Associate Partner: Union Bank (@UnionBankTweets) Associate Partner: Zoho (@zoho) Impact Partner: Adani Solar & Adani Ports Special Partner: Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoloi Travel Partner: Gaura Travels Real Estate Partner: Eldeco

#NDTVIndAISummit | "Stop Clinging to Your Job Description; Build With AI Every Day": Puneet Chandok (@puneetck), President, Microsoft India and South Asia @alexandermats @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli

"Chernobyl-Scale Disaster" Warning In AI Guru Stuart Russell's Note To World ndtv.com/india-news/ndt… @aayush_a6 @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli

#NDTVIndAISummit | UC Berkeley professor Stuart Russell warns that the unchecked development of artificial general intelligence could pose a serious existential risk, including a significant chance of human extinction. @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @aayush_a6

#NDTVIndAISummit | "We're lucky to live at a time that a general purpose technology comes along, because that's what AI is, and general purpose technologies have the ability to reshape our entire country, economies, societies, with huge policy implications": Ex UK PM Rishi Sunak @rishisunak @rahulkanwal @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli

#NDTVIndAISummit | Will AI Replace Young Coders? Tech Mahindra’s Nikhil Malhotra Responds @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli @vishnundtv

#NDTVIndAISummit | 'Let AI Do the Chores, Leave Art to Artists': Nandita Das on Creativity & AI @shivaroor @MinakshiKandwal @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli

#NDTVIndAISummit | What comes first for Nothing, AI or design? Akis Evangelidis, Co-founder & India President, Nothing answers @AkisEvangelidis @twoonezerosix @SPF_India @ShwetaRKohli Knowledge Partner: Dayananda Sagar University State Partner: UP Government (@upgovt) Insurance Partner: Axis Max Life Insurance (@AxisMaxLifeIns) Associate Partner: Rocket (@rocketdotnew) Associate Partner: Union Bank (@UnionBankTweets) Associate Partner: Zoho (@zoho) Impact Partner: Adani Solar & Adani Ports Special Partner: Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoloi Travel Partner: Gaura Travels Real Estate Partner: Eldeco