Inside India's Frontier Lab and Its Global South Impact (India AI Impact Summit 2026)
As the world converges in New Delhi for one of the most consequential global AI convenings, the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026, Soket AI Labs is honoured to invite you to its flagship, main summit session “𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭” and its AI showcase at the IndiaAI Impact Expo.
Main Summit Session
Session Title: Inside India’s Frontier Lab and Its Global South Impact
Date: 16 February 2026
Time: 09:30 AM – 10:25 AM
Venue: Room 6, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
Registration on the official IndiaAI website is mandatory: https://impact.indiaai.gov.in/registration
This session offers a rare window into India’s AI frontier lab at a time when nations are rethinking technological sovereignty, compute independence, and trusted AI. It includes-
A high-level panel discussion;
The first preview of Project EKΛ, India’s sovereign foundation model initiative,;
Showcases of Soket’s applied systems DHRITH (emotion-aware Indic ASR) and SARTHI (agronomic reasoning AI);
Key partnership announcements.
As part of the panel discussion “India’s Path to Sovereign Frontier AI, Shaped by the Needs of the Global South,” Soket is privileged to host leading voices shaping frontier AI across regulation, hyperscale infrastructure, sovereign defence and global platforms, featuring Mr. Joseph Joshy (CTO and CGM – Head of FinTech & IT, IFSCA), Mr. Rangarajan V (Sr. VP & CDO, Adani Defence & Aerospace), Mr. Sunil Gupta (Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Yotta Data Services), and Mr. Sahil Arora (Business Lead, AI and Data Centres, Qualcomm).
The panelists will examine how India is architecting frontier-scale AI capabilities from the ground up and why these choices matter not just for India, but for the Global South navigating similar economic, demographic, and infrastructural realities.
The conversation will move beyond vision statements to hard questions of execution:
Who builds and controls frontier AI capabilities?
How do nations operationalise sovereignty without isolation?
What does “deployable” frontier AI look like for emerging economies?
And how can India’s approach shape global AI pathways responsibly?
IndiaAI Impact Expo
We also invite you to visit the IndiaAI Impact Expo, where Soket AI Labs will showcase live demonstrations of India’s AI stack, from real-time voice systems to frontier foundation model initiatives and engage with ecosystem leaders shaping applied AI at national and global scale.
Dates: 16-20th February 2026
Venue: Booth no.5.20, Hall 5, Ground Floor, Near Foyer 5, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
We would be privileged to have you join us at this defining moment for global AI leadership emerging from the Global South.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Summit super soon!
With warm regards
Soket AI Labs
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