Tonight, MeJuvante joins 124+ senior executives, CXOs, and diplomats at the IFCCI Annual Dinner at the Four Seasons in Bangalore the flagship networking event of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry, held in partnership with the Consulate General of France.
This is not just another networking dinner. It takes place during a historic moment: the official India-France Year of Innovation 2026, launched just ten days ago by Prime Minister Modi and President Macron in Mumbai.
What Happened at the India AI Impact Summit
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held 16–20 February at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, was the first global AI summit hosted by a Global South nation and it delivered. Key highlights worth noting tonight:
- Scale: Delegations from 100+ countries, 20+ heads of state, 60+ ministers, and 300,000+ participants.
- France's role: The French Pavilion was the largest international presence at the expo 436 m² with 29 leading companies including Capgemini, Schneider Electric, Dassault Systèmes, TotalEnergies, and Sopra Steria.
- Bilateral elevation: India and France upgraded their relationship to a "Special Global Strategic Partnership," with AI and innovation as a core pillar.
- Key outcomes: The New Delhi AI Impact Summit Declaration, a Charter for the Democratic Diffusion of AI, a Framework for the Trusted AI Commons, and Guiding Principles for Skilling & Reskilling in the Age of AI.
- Infrastructure commitments: India plans to add 20,000+ GPUs to its sovereign compute base; Microsoft pledged $50B for AI in lower income countries; Reliance announced $110B for sovereign AI infrastructure over seven years.
- Indo-French AI in healthcare: Macron and India's Health Minister inaugurated the Indo-French Campus on AI in Global Health at AIIMS New Delhi a collaboration between Sorbonne University, AIIMS, and the Paris Brain Institute.
- Innovation network: Launch of the India–France Innovation Network and a binational centre for digital sciences between INRIA and India's Department of Science and Technology.
Why This Matters for Indo-European Business
With 1,100+ French companies in India generating 350,000+ jobs and India's AI market growing at over 30% annually (valued at $1.7B), the commercial opportunity is massive. But execution requires partners who understand the operational realities of cross-border delivery regulatory environments, cultural nuances, team management, and technology integration.
MeJuvante has been doing exactly this for almost 20 years across the Indo-German corridor: strategy, digital transformation, AI-powered solutions, and operational consulting for enterprises in Europe and India. The India-France Year of Innovation opens a parallel corridor and the needs are identical: trusted, experienced implementation partners.
What to Watch
Three themes from the AI Impact Summit that will dominate CXO conversations in 2026:
- Sovereign AI infrastructure: India is building its own compute, models, and data governance. European companies need partners who can navigate both ecosystems.
- AI for real sectors: Healthcare, agriculture, financial services, education. Not hypothetical deployable now.
- Democratic diffusion of AI: The summit's explicit focus on making AI accessible beyond the usual tech hubs. This is where consulting bridges the gap.
Closing
Tonight's IFCCI dinner brings together exactly the right people to take the summit's declarations and turn them into projects. MeJuvante is proud to be part of this conversation connecting European expertise with India's AI ambition, one partnership at a time.
Read the full MeJuvante analysis of the India AI Impact Summit at mejuvante.ai