Overview
- Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a ₹10,300 crore, five-year allocation and a Common Compute Facility offering access to more than 38,000 GPUs, 3,800 datasets and over 250 open-source models.
- Meghalaya will add Data & AI Labs at ITI Shillong, Shillong Polytechnic and ITI Tura, joining an operational lab at NIELIT Shillong within a planned 570-lab national network.
- New launches included the Bhashini Hackathon for Khasi and Garo, the DRISHTI-NE Hackathon and the MeghDEE initiative, plus MoUs for a Data & AI Lab and a satellite incubation centre with MATH T-Hub in collaboration with IIM Shillong.
- India’s IndiaAI Mission targets training one million people in AI skills, positioning Meghalaya as a Northeast hub for workforce development and innovation.
- The Shillong conference is the first of seven regional events leading to the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 15–20, 2026, with Meghalaya showcasing AI use in health, springs mapping and forest monitoring tied to a reported near-50% drop in maternal mortality.