India’s government has made AI a national strategic priority. The SOAR Programme (Skilling for AI Readiness), launched in July 2025, is now active in over 18,000 CBSE-affiliated schools. NEP 2020 mandates AI and computational thinking from Class 3 starting the 2026-27 academic year. The IndiaAI Mission, approved with a ₹10,371 crore budget, has already scaled national GPU compute capacity from an initial target of 10,000 to over 58,000 high-end GPUs at a subsidized rate of ₹65 per hour.
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 in February brought over 6 lakh in-person attendees, delegations from 100+ countries, and over $200 billion in AI investment commitments. These initiatives position India not just as a consumer market but as a global co-architect of AI norms, safety, and innovation.
Xhakti AI aligns its governance and ethics work with these national priorities — from data protection and compliance (DPDP Act, EU AI Act) to explainability, bias monitoring, and AI risk management frameworks. Governance is not a checkbox; it is the operating system of responsible AI.