India’s AI Moment: Insights from the AI Impact Summit & Infosys Investor Day 2026
Introduction If you are reading this from Lucknow, Prayagraj, or anywhere in Uttar Pradesh today, you might feel like the world is spinning a little faster than usual. And you’d be right. Today, Tuesday, February 17, 2026 , is shaping up to be one of the most consequential days in the history of Indian technology. We are witnessing a "Double Engine" moment—but not the political kind. I’m talking about the simultaneous explosion of Policy in New Delhi and Execution in Bengaluru. On one hand, at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi, the India AI Impact Summit has opened its doors to the public, shifting the conversation from "technology" to "humanity." On the other hand, down south in Bengaluru, Infosys has just dropped a number that has silenced every skeptic on Wall Street: 4,600 . +1 That is the number of active AI projects they are running right now . For years, we wondered if AI was just hype. Today, we have our answer. It is real, it is here, and it is resh...