India, Aug. 11 -- India is undergoing a decisive shift in its AI journey as we are no longer content with being a consumer of AI built elsewhere. Our national agenda is transitioning towards building the infrastructure required for India to emerge as a global hub for AI innovation and deployment. This is not a subtle shift in policy emphasis; it represents a fundamental rethinking of where India sits in the global technology order. The question driving our national conversation is no longer whether India will be an AI economy, but what kind of AI infrastructure will actually power that economy and whether we are building it fast enough.

The government's actions reflect this shift with initiatives such as the IndiaAI Mission, backed by a ...