Uttarakhand AI Impact Summit 2025 Hosted in Dehradun Precedes India AI Impact Summit 2026

The Uttarakhand AI Impact Summit 2025 was organised on 17 October 2025 at Hotel Ramada, Dehradun, and was organised by the Government of Uttarakhand and the IndiaAI Mission of MeitY. It was an invitation to the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, and it reflected on how Artificial Intelligence is transforming the process of governance, sustainability, and economic development.

• Key Objectives
  • Become a leader in responsible AI adoption.
  • Encourage digital transformation and delivery of public services and entrepreneurship that are AI-driven.
  • Develop the Digital Uttarakhand vision of inclusive and technology-led development.
• Link to India-AI Impact Summit 2026.
  • The Summit 2026 will be the first global AI hosted in the Global South.
  • Being led by the values of the People, Planet, and Progress.
  • Implemented in Seven Chakras, which emphasizes on social impact, ethics, sustainability, healthcare, education, agriculture, and governance.
• Role of MeitY
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is a key figure that is forming the AI roadmap of India.
  • Favors innovation, ethics, and trust in AI with the IndiaAI Mission.
  • Secures the alignment with national strategies of digital transformation and worldwide AI leadership.
• Startup Showcase and Innovation.
  • Use cases were presented by AI startups that were supported by IIM Kashipur and STPI Dehradun.
  • The solutions covered smart governance, agriculture, citizen services and healthcare.
  • The IT Roadmap and AI Governance Vision of Uttarakhand had been defined in order to facilitate sustainable AI ecosystems.
• Influence on Governance and Development.
  • The goals of AI are to enhance the productivity of administration, decision-making, and services.
  • Put attention on the empowerment of local entrepreneurs and young people with AI-based opportunities.
  • Promotes sustainable development, resilience and digital inclusion in hills and rural areas.
• Strategic Significance
  • Enhances the status of India as an accountable AI center.
  • Enforcement of ethical, inclusive, and sustainable AI practices.
  • An avenue to work together with policymakers, academia, industry and innovators.