IIT Madras and IndiaAI Mission to Host Meet on Safe, Trusted AI Ahead of India-AI Impact Summit 2026

Key facts

• The Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and the IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will host a pre-summit meet on safe and trusted artificial intelligence.
• The pre-summit meet will take place in Chennai.
• The conclave aims to shape AI Safety Commons proposals and governance models for the Global South.
• The meeting will discuss steps to create an AI Safety Commons for the Global South, including shared datasets, benchmarks and governance resources.
• Discussions will also look at how responsible AI principles can be implemented through governance and regulatory models suited to different cultural, legal and technological environments.
• The outcomes will feed into the roadmap for the India–AI Impact Summit and support India’s role in shaping a global AI framework centred on trust, safety and inclusion.
• The India–AI Impact Summit will take place at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
• This is the first time the summit will be held in the Global South.
• Concerns around fairness, accountability and misuse underline the need for frameworks that can be used across global contexts.