In Bengaluru, an industry-academia-government summit on AI adoption, the AI for India summit, argued on the need to achieve a massive scale-up of both AI research and development in India. Scholars have advocated increased synergy between academia and industry to develop scalable and ethical artificial intelligence that would meet the diverse requirements of India. IIT Bombay professor Ganesh Ramakrishnan emphasized that speed in innovation was the joint responsibility of both spheres. New AI tools and startups were also presented during the summit, hosted by AI4India, and it was clear that their aim was to make India an international powerhouse in terms of AI, based on ethical research, open innovation, and accessible application of technology.
IIM Bangalore and TVS Motors Signal India’s Shift to Human-AI Adoption
At the summit, IIM Bangalore Director Rishikesha Krishnan emphasized a shift in how companies are assessing new talent. “Recruiters now ask candidates how they would use AI tools to make digital marketing more effective,” he noted. This shift reflects a broader trend toward human-AI co-creation rather than full automation. IIMB’s approach now focuses on teaching students how to work with AI as a collaborative partner.
TVS Motors also revealed its expansive AI integration. According to senior executive Gourav Gupta, AI is already boosting operational efficiency in manufacturing, maintenance, and safety. More notably, TVS is pioneering customer engagement through AI-powered sentiment analysis and conversational tools. The company even launched a fully AI-generated ad campaign and is exploring generative AI for hyper-personalized marketing.
Internally, AI is being used to enhance employee engagement, with predictive tools that align with TVS’s broader digital transformation goals. Gupta highlighted that AI is not just a backend tool; it’s becoming central to how businesses function, interact with customers, and shape workforce culture. The summit reinforced that such transformations are spreading across industries, and institutions must adapt curricula and strategies to match this accelerated AI adoption across India.
EdgeVerve and Startups Show AI’s Scalable Promise Across Sectors
EdgeVerve CEO Sateesh Seetharamiah disclosed that the company has been able to record up to 50 percent productivity through the deployment of AI on different workflows. Such a leap highlights the potential of AI in introducing efficiency on a large scale, particularly among companies that are ready to reorganize activities around the focus on digital change. Seetharamiah made it clear that the effect of AI is no longer hypothetical; it is very real and, most importantly, it is growing by leaps and bounds.
The startups were also one of the key players in the summit, where they exhibited AI solutions to their local challenges back in India. Organizations such as Sarvam, BharatGen, Latlong AI, Parlaxiom, and Pienomial displayed examples of business platforms that resolved inheritance of diversity of languages, logistics, healthcare, and civic infrastructure. Such domestic remedies indicate an emerging system of innovation that is expanding beyond the tech belts. Macroeconomic representatives of HDFC Bank, Tejas Networks, Sahamati Foundation, and Yotta were also present, sharing case studies of AI adoption in banking, telecom, finance, and data infrastructure.
Their role identifies the tradition in which big businesses now actively collaborate with deeptech startups and universities to develop domain-specific AI tools. The greater purpose of the summit is to institutionalize the ethical development of AI and democratize the benefits of the same. Such programs as DataDaan are designed to provide equal access to AI, narrowing the existing gap between technologies and society even further. It is an indication that India will not be in the market of followers in the so-called AI race.
India Aims for Global AI Leadership with Ethics and Inclusion at Core
The summit on AI for India reaffirmed India’s motivation of India to become a leader in responsible and inclusive artificial intelligence on a global scale. India is setting a model of scalable and ethical AI systems by harmonizing industry implementation with academic creation and ethical policy formulations. Driven by proactive collaborations with some of the most renowned institutions in the fields, such as IIT Bombay and IIM Bangalore, and with the power of technological pioneers, such as TVS and EdgeVerve, the country is not only defining innovation but also goal-oriented growth. As global eyes turn toward India, the summit makes one thing clear. AI tools here aren’t just about efficiency; it’s about national transformation through intelligent, inclusive progress.
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