Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday inaugurated the Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026, marking a significant step in advancing the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across India’s education ecosystem.
During the event, Pradhan launched the Bodhan AI Centre of Excellence. The Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 is envisioned as a national platform for landscape discovery, strategic alignment, and partnership building in AI-enabled education.
Its primary purpose is to: enable landscape discovery and ecosystem mapping to identify gaps and opportunities; support strategic partnerships across government, academia, startups, and industry; and 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.
Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said the two-day conclave brings together academia, industry, policymakers, start-ups, innovators, scientific leadership and the skilling ecosystem to integrate AI in education at scale and develop the ‘Bharat EduAI Stack’.
He underlined that India’s AI will be inclusive by design, interoperable by architecture and sovereign by capability. Stressing the importance of embedding AI in education to empower students and support teachers, he called upon all stakeholders to build scalable, responsible, ethical and India-centric sovereign AI models for transforming education and realising the goal of Viksit Bharat.
He expressed confidence that the collective wisdom of the conclave would pave the way for enhancing India’s AI capacity, strengthening India’s leadership in AI, building a DPI in education and ensuring AI for All.
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.