India, June 15 -- Rajeev Chandrashekar, BJP President of Kerala, wrote an interesting article in The Indian Express (June 5, 2026) under the caption, "Magnifica Humanitas and MANAV: Creating a Shared Vision for AI." In this article, the author highlighted seven significant convergences between Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence and Prime Minister Modi's MANAV framework, as presented at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 and the AI Action Summit 2025. MANAV stands for M - Moral and Ethical Systems, A - Accountable Governance, N - National Sovereignty, A - Accessible and Inclusive, and V - Valid and Legitimate.

The central point of the article is that AI shou...