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The five-day event mixed long lines and viral mishaps with a serious pitch: The future of AI shouldn’t be written only in Washington and Beijing.

J-PAL launched the AI Evidence Playbook—a manual to guide government officials on deploying AI responsibly.

Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, Global Executive Director of The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), underscored the importance of rigorous evaluation, saying that "If you've spent enough time in development, you've seen many silver bullets come and go."

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 will showcase the ingenuity and skill of India’s tech workforce, civil society organisations and universities, and the government’s long-term vision — first in building a strong digital public infrastructure, and now in AI.

Project AI Evidence will connect governments, tech companies, and nonprofits with world-class economists at MIT and across J-PAL's global network to evaluate and improve AI solutions.

Reacting to Donald Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, J-PAL Global Executive Director Iqbal Dhaliwal told NDTV that global uncertainties triggered by US policies are beyond India's control and should not distract the country from strengthening its own economic fundamentals. He said...