India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race

Описание: India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race

A high-level, by-invitation, multi-stakeholder dialogue hosted by NatStrat, in partnership with
Strategic Foresight Group and Founding Fuel.

This convening brings 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?

The event moves through a structured arc: strategic context, keynote, policy architecture, report
unveiling, an integrated strategic dialogue, and collective reflections on India’s choices in the
emerging global AI order.

Speakers:
Ambassador Pankaj Saran — Former Deputy National Security Adviser; Convenor, NatStrat
Dr. V. K. Saraswat — Member, NITI Aayog; Former Director General, DRDO
Sundeep Waslekar — President, Strategic Foresight Group
Air Marshal S. P. Dharkar (Retd.) — Former Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Dr. Preeti Banzal — Senior Scientist & Adviser, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of
India
Prof. Manan Suri — Professor, IIT Delhi
Anirudh Suri — Policy Analyst, Author
Shri Alok Joshi — Chairman, National Security Advisory Board
Indrajit Gupta — Senior Journalist & Editor; Co-founder, Founding Fuel

Special Policy Report Released:
“India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race”

Chapters:
00:00 — Setting the Context
Indrajit Gupta
Senior Journalist & Editor; Co-founder, Founding Fuel
Opening remarks and introduction to the purpose, structure, and strategic lens for the evening.
02:59 — Opening Address: India’s Strategic Moment in the Global AI Order
Ambassador Pankaj Saran
Former Deputy National Security Adviser; Convenor, NatStrat
12:18 — Keynote Address (Video): India’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy in the AI Era
Dr. V. K. Saraswat
Member, NITI Aayog; Former Director General, DRDO
23:54 — Report Unveiling
Special Policy Report by the Strategic Foresight Group
“India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race”
25:09 — A Strategic Choice: India’s AI Policy Architecture
Sundeep Waslekar
President, Strategic Foresight Group
Theme: Sovereignty, Science, Security
42:38 — Integrated Strategic Dialogue
“India’s AI Trajectory: Capability, Institutions, and Strategic Choice”
Air Marshal S. P. Dharkar (Retd.) — Former Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Dr. Preeti Banzal — Senior Scientist & Adviser, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of
India
Prof. Manan Suri — Professor, IIT Delhi
Anirudh Suri — Policy Analyst, Author (Moderator)
1:18:14 — Collective Reflections
A moderated exchange with participants from government, national security, academia, industry,
and policy.
1:31:00 — Strategic Synthesis and The Road Ahead
Shri Alok Joshi
Chairman, National Security Advisory Board

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