New Delhi, June 26 -- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signalled a decisive pivot toward Artificial Intelligence as the cornerstone of future audit quality and financial governance, inaugurating its flagship AI Innovation Summit (AIS) 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital on Friday.

With over 4,000 delegates from India and across the world converging at the two-day summit, ICAI made clear that AI is no longer a peripheral tool for the accounting profession it is the new frontier of audit efficiency, compliance, and trust.

Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who inaugurated the summit as Chief Guest, set the tone early.

"Trust is the soul of the economic system and Chartere...