Main Summit Events
Future of Employability in the Age of AI
February 16, 2026
Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
AI for Education: Future-Ready Universities and Schools
February 16, 2026
Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
PadhAI 2.0: Conclave on AI for Education
February 17, 2026
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Data for Development: Building AI in the Global South
18 February 2026
Bharat Mandapam
Reimagining Education in the Age of AI
February 20, 2026
Sushma Swaraj Bhawan
Future of Employability in the Age of AI
In November 2025, CPRG hosted a pre-summit dialogue in Brussels on ‘AI and the Future of Job Markets,’ bringing together international policymakers, business leaders, academics, and labour and civil society representatives to examine global trends, international best practices, and how labour markets are responding to automation. Building on this foundation, this session will shift the focus to India’s own employability challenge and opportunity in the age of AI.
AI for Education: Future-Ready Universities and Schools
CPRG is organising a main summit event on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026. A central focus of the event is AI in Education, particularly the deploying AI at scale in schools and Higher Education Institutions. The dialogue will explore government efforts for AI adoption, impact of AI on learning and ensuring basic AI literacy.
PadhAI 2.0: Conclave on AI for Education
As part of the India AI Impact Summit, PadhAI 2.0 is CPRG’s next-phase convening on the future of education in the age of artificial intelligence. Building on the momentum of the landmark PadhAI Conclave, the event brings together policymakers, educators, industry leaders, and researchers to move from ideas to implementation, focusing on responsible AI adoption, teacher capacity-building, multilingual and inclusive AI tools, and institutional readiness across schools and universities.
Data for Development: Building AI in the Global South
Last year, CPRG was the only Indian non-governmental organisation to host an official side event at the AI Action Summit 2025 in Paris, where it convened a high-level panel on a closely aligned theme. Building on this momentum, this session at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 will explore how equitable data ecosystems can enable inclusive and sustainable AI growth across the Global South.
Reimagining Education in the Age of AI
As AI in education remains one of the most critical and far-reaching policy conversations, the discussion will help advance collective thinking on how institutions can adapt to rapid technological change while staying inclusive and learner-centric. Building on the success of the PadhAI Conclave as a landmark national forum on AI and education, this session will reinforce continuity in the national AI-in-education discourse and contribute to shaping a shared, forward-looking vision for India’s education ecosystem in the AI era.
Pre-Summit Events
NOTABLE GUESTS
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Hon’ble Minister of Education, Government of India
Shri Jitin Prasada
Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
Shri Inder Singh Parmar
Hon’ble Minister of Higher Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh
Shri Ashish Sood
Hon’ble Minister of Power, Urban Development, Education, Higher Education and Training & Technical Education, Government of NCT of Delhi
Adv. Ashish Shelar
Hon’ble Minister of Information Technology & Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
Nishikant Dubey
Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Kartikeya Sharma
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Abhishek Singh
Director General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ms Anne Neuberger
Former Deputy National Security Advisor, United States of America
SPEAKERS
Shri Vineet Joshi
Secretary, Department of Higher Education
Prof. M. Jagdesh Kumar
Former Chairman, UGC
Shri Sanjay Kumar
Secretary, DSEL, Ministry of Education
Prof. Pankaj Arora
Chairperson, NCTE
Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan
Chairman, Axilor Ventures
Shri Badri Narayan Tiwari
Vice Chancellor, TISS
Shri Puneet Chandok
President, Microsoft India and South Asia
Shri Rajit Punhani
CEO, FSSAI
Shri Sandip Patel
President, IBM
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
CEO, ANRF
Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry
Director, IIIT Lucknow
Prof. Uma Kanjilal
Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
Prof. K. K. Aggarwal
President, South Asian University
Dr. Rashmi Das
Chairperson, Higashi Autism School
Shri Rishi Bal
CEO, BharatGen
Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha
Founder & Trustee, Ashoka University
Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Co-Founder, InfoEdge
Mr David Evan Harris
Chancellor’s Public Scholar and Continuing Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
Ms Nupur Jhunjhunwala
Founder and Trustee, ChangeINKK
Mr Johan Harvard
Global AI Advisory Lead, Tony Blair Institute
Shri Anil Sahasrabudhe
Chairman, Executive Committee, NAAC
Shri Ashish Chauhan
Managing Director & CEO, National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Dhananjay Singh
Member Secretary, ICSSR
Arjun Singh Bedi
Professor of Development Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
K.G. Suresh
Director, India Habitat Centre
Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Former Ambassador of India to the US
Alok Aggrawal
Co-Founder, AI4India
Adrien Abecassis
Chief Policy Officer, iRAISE
Executive Director for Policy, Paris Peace Forum
Anne Sophie Seret
Executive Director, everyone.ai
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Former CEO, Prasar Bharati
Sandeep Aggrawal
CEO, Droom
Somesh Jha
Lubar professor, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ashok Malik
Partner and Chair, The Asia Group