Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 was organised by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with IIT Madras and held on 12-13 February 2026 in New Delhi. The conclave was inaugurated by Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and attended by senior officials, including the Minister of State for Education, Shri Sukanta Majumdar.
The MoE launched a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Education at IIT Madras, known as the ‘IIT Madras Bodhan AI Foundation’, to advance the national priority of AI in education. The centre has a national mandate to develop responsible, scalable, and India-first AI solutions for education, aligned with national policies and digital public frameworks, while democratising access across diverse socio-economic, geographic, and linguistic contexts. The conclave marks the first national convening of India’s AI-in-Education ecosystem.
The Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave aimed to identify and engage AI-enabled education solutions that have moved beyond pilots and demonstrate measurable impact on learning outcomes. The conclave engaged solutions across four priority verticals: AI for School Education, AI for Higher Education, AI for Skilling and Workforce Readiness, and AI Research and Deep Technology.
On the first day of the conclave, two technical sessions were held on School Education & Classroom Solutions and Teacher Capacity Building, FLN & Systemic Reform. These sessions brought together leading organisations and startups to present scalable AI-enabled solutions aimed at enhancing classroom learning, teacher support systems, foundational learning interventions, and governance frameworks.
On the next day, sessions continued on Digital Public Infrastructure, AI Platforms, Emerging Technologies, Skills, and Higher Education.
Strategic Vision: Bharat EduAI Stack
The conclave aims to understand the current AI-in-education ecosystem by identifying existing gaps, new opportunities, and AI solutions that have moved beyond trial stages to show real results. One of its key objectives is to initiate the building of the ‘Bharat EduAI Stack’—an open and interoperable architecture to build, integrate, and scale AI-powered learning solutions across India. The conclave also encourages strong partnerships among government bodies, academic institutions, startups, and industry leaders to create a collaborative environment for innovation.
Outcomes
During the session, several important launches and partnerships were announced. These included the exchange of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IIT Bombay and Columbia University to set up a Centre of AI for Manufacturing at IIT Bombay. The session also marked the launch of the AI Programme at IIM Lucknow, along with new institutional collaborations involving IIM Jammu and AIT Bangkok. In addition, IIM Ranchi introduced its “Teaching with AI” initiative, further strengthening the focus on integrating AI into education. This conclave also provides a platform for future collaboration with ‘IIT Madras Bodhan AI Foundation’.
Shri Sukanta Majumdar, Minister of State, MoE, in his address, said, “As we move towards the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, let us commit to S.A.F.E. AI—Secure, Accountable, Fair, and Empowering—so that India shapes technology for inclusive progress.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, taking to his social media on X, reiterated the vision of PM Modi:
“Hon’ble PM Shri Modi ji has given us a clarion call to make India AI-ready. He has also emphasised the need to develop and deploy ethical, responsible, and inclusive AI. India’s AI will be inclusive by design, interoperable by architecture, and sovereign by capability. We have to embed AI in education to empower our students and support our teachers. I call upon all the stakeholders to build scalable, responsible, ethical, inclusive, and India-centric sovereign AI models for transforming our education and realising the goal of Viksit Bharat.”
