India has become an eye-catcher, as it is about to host the Impact AI Summit from February 16-20, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The summit has been much-awaited for all the AI visionaries, business leaders and investors who are looking for a better understanding of artificial intelligence. Founders of MHDS Techno Soft, Dheeraj Sudan and Meenu Hinduja, UK-based IT professionals, talk highly about the summit.
Who will be attending?
Global IT leaders like Google’s Sundar Pichai, Open AI’s Sam Altman, Microsoft president Brad Smith, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Deepmind’s Demis Hassabis and many other notable leaders will be attending the summit. Apart from this, 15-20 heads of government, over 50 international ministers and more than 40 Indian and Global CEOs are likely to attend the summit. Dheeraj Sudan and Meenu Hinduja believe “The presence of such prominent AI industry leaders will not only bring out how much has the AI evolved in the past couple of years, but it will also highlight where it is headed, especially when there is a global dilemma of AI replacing humans”.
Some sources claim that both Israeli and Iranian delegations have given their confirmations for attending the summit, amid their ongoing tensions. This is a strong signal on how India has risen from being a global IT producer to leader.
What are the key highlights of the summit as per Dheeraj Sudan and Meenu Hinduja?
In total, there will be 700 planned sessions in 5 days, with a key focus on AI safety, governance, ethical use and data protection. Dheeraj Sudan and his wife Meenu Hinduja believe that “Ethical use of AI will not only help in data security and protection, but it will also generate high revenues with minimal cost and work, as leaders will then focus only on its optimization”. This will increase the productivity beyond anyone could imagine, considering AI’s IQ growth rate is 10X in comparison to a normal human brain.
AI Impact Expo will be a major part of the summit as AI applications across different sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, education, climate action, energy efficiency and accessibility will be showcased. It will feature over 300 exhibitors from 30 countries across the world.
Here’s the agenda for the 5-day summit:
February 16 (Monday): Inauguration of AI Expo, expert roundtables and panel discussions.
February 17 (Tuesday): High-level panel, Knowledge Compendiums will be launched.
February 18 (Wednesday): Meeting of leading academics, researchers and think tanks.
February 19 (Thursday): Formal Opening Ceremony to be organized, it will be led by Prime Minister Modi, followed by a high-level CEO Roundtable that features global industry leaders, investors and policymakers.
February 20 (Friday): High-level GPAI Council Meetings along with the adoption of the Leaders’ Declaration.
The founders of MHDS Techno Soft, husband-wife duo, Dheeraj Sudan and Meenu Hinduja are looking forward to attend the event and explore this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
