The Consulate General of India in Seattle held a special curtain raiser in Washington on Friday that focused on the three pillars of people, planet, and progress that will dominate India’s crucial AI summit next year.
The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 will be held on February 19-20 in New Delhi, the first global-scale AI summit hosted in the Global South.
“India AI Impact Summit 2026: Pre-Event Briefing Session hosted in Seattle! Thank US Rep. Adam Smith and US Rep. Michael Baumgartner for gracing the Pre-Summit Roundtable. Deeply appreciate presentations from Tech and AI Industry leaders underscoring the Three Sutras / Pillars of India’s AI journey: People, Planet and Progress,” the Seattle Consulate said on X.
The roundtable featured expert presentations by leading tech CEOs from the Greater Seattle area and covered themes like the use of AI in agri-tech and the potential of data centres and digital infrastructure in India.
Participants also briefed US Congressman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith and Congressman and Member of the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees Michael Baumgartner about India’s progress in AI.
The highlight of the event was the ‘Seven Chakras’ or themes for global cooperation centred around safe and trusted AI – human capital, science, resilience, innovation and efficiency, inclusion and social empowerment, democratising AI resources, and economic growth and social good.
While this was the first such curtain raiser in a series of sessions being planned in the run-up to the AI India Impact Summit, other events include workshops and briefing sessions at leading universities in the US Pacific Northwest, as well as with leading tech and AI industry stakeholders in January 2026, the Consulate said.
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The AI India summit will bring together governments, industry, academia, and startups from global capitals to translate AI’s potential into tangible outcomes for People, Planet, and Progress and reaffirm India’s vision of “AI for All”, the release said.
Meanwhile, the Consulate General of India in New York said that in the lead-up to the AI Summit in India, three flagship initiatives will be rolled out over the next two months.
These include AI for ALL: Global Impact Challenge to identify leading AI solutions across sectors turning vision into impact; AI by HER: Global Impact Challenge to promote the scaling and adoption of women-led AI solutions to enable social impact; and YUVAi: Global Youth Challenge to showcase innovation by youth (13-21 years) while fostering AI enabled problem-solving for social good.
Last month, the Consulate in New York had hosted a session, ‘From Traction to Transaction: Bridging the Gap’, in which former Union Minister and Founder and Chairperson, Alliance for Global Good, Smriti Irani, had underscored India’s leadership in digital public infrastructure, startup innovation and women-led development, positioning it as a natural partner for the US in shaping an equitable and human-centric AI future.
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