Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 Sets Stage For Nationwide EduAI Collaboration

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, calling for scalable AI solutions and responsible AI adoption in education.

The event was graced by Sukanta Majumdar, Minister of State for Education.

Pradhan launched the Bodhan AI Centre of Excellence.

The Conclave marks a significant step in advancing the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across India’s education ecosystem.

Officials including the Secretary, School Education & Literacy, Shri Sanjay Kumar; Secretary, Higher Education (DoHE), Dr Vineet Joshi, ; Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Shri S. Krishnan; Director, IIT Madras, Prof V Kamakoti; academic leaders, researchers, and founders from leading startups who use AI in Education, participated in the proceedings.

The Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 is envisioned as a national platform for landscape discovery, strategic alignment, and partnership building in AI-enabled education.

Main objective

• Enable landscape discovery and ecosystem mapping to identify gaps and opportunities
• Support strategic partnerships across government, academia, startups, and industry
• Mark the beginning of the development of the Bharat EduAI Stack, an open and interoperable architecture to build, integrate, and scale AI-powered learning solutions across India
• The conclave will engage 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.

Pradhan said that the two-day conclave brings together academia, industry, policymakers, startups, innovators, scientific leadership and the skilling ecosystem to integrate AI in education at scale and develop the ‘Bharat EduAI Stack’.

Glad to address the inaugural session of Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026. The two-day conclave brings together academia, industry, policy makers, start-ups, innovators, scientific leadership and the skilling ecosystem for integrating #AIInEducation at scale and developing the… pic.twitter.com/ErVRYbcRj0

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) February 12, 2026

He underlined that India’s AI will be inclusive by design, interoperable by architecture and sovereign by capability.

Sukanta Majumdar said that 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.

An exhibition showcasing AI-driven innovations in school education, higher education, and skilling was also inaugurated, providing a platform for interaction between policymakers and innovators.

A series of key launches and partnerships were announced during the session, including:

• MoU exchange between IIT Bombay and Columbia University to establish a Centre of AI for manufacturing at IIT Bombay
• Launch of the IIM Lucknow AI Programme
• Institutional collaborations involving IIM Jammu and AIT Bangkok
• IIM Ranchi Initiative – Teaching with AI
• The conclave witnessed a special session on Bodhan.ai, AI Centre of Excellence for Education at IIT Madras.

A detailed presentation was made on the initiative including the need for building an open Bharat EduAI Stack. Pratyush Kumar, CEO, Sarvam AI, discussed about the future of AI in education.

This was followed by two technical sessions on school education & classroom solutions and teacher capacity Building, FLN & systemic reform

The Conclave will continue on February 13 with sessions focusing on Digital Public Infrastructure, AI Platforms, Emerging Technologies, Skills, and Higher Education.