NatStrat, along with the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) and Founding Fuel, convened a high-level, by-invitation, multi-stakeholder dialogue titled India's AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race at the India International Centre, New Delhi on 15 January 2026.
The dialogue brought together leading voices from national security, science, policy, diplomacy, academia and industry to examine a defining question: how should India secure strategic autonomy and long-term capability in the AI era? Keynote addresses were delivered by Dr V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog and former Director General, DRDO, and Shri Alok Joshi, Chairman, National Security Advisory Board.
Other speakers included Ambassador Pankaj Saran, Convenor, NatStrat; Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group; Air Marshal S P Dharkar (Retd), former Vice Chief of the Air Staff; Dr Preeti Banzal, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser; Prof. Manan Suri, IIT Delhi; Anirudh Suri, policy analyst and author; and Indrajit Gupta, Co-founder, Founding Fuel.
A report prepared by the SFG, dealing with the sovereignty, scientific, safety and security, and governance aspects of AI, was released on the occasion.
Read the report: India's AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race (PDF)
India International Centre, New Delhi
With India International Centre (IIC)
Online (webinar)
With Governance and Policy Think Tank (GPTT), Tehran
VIF, 3, San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 110021
With Vivekananda International Foundation, Pathfinder Foundation and Confederation of Indian Industry
