Vivek Raghavan
Co-founder, Sarvam AI
Builder
Why they matterSarvam was chosen under the IndiaAI Mission to build India's sovereign LLM from scratch.
Apr 2025: Sarvam chosen to build India's sovereign LLM
Who’s shaping AI in India
The builders, researchers, policymakers, investors, explainers and critics moving AI forward in India. Every entry links to a source and to the moments on our timeline.
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- 2 Oct 2026
Mitesh Khapra
Associate Professor, IIT Madras. Heads AI4Bharat
Researcher
Why they matterLeads open datasets and models covering all 22 scheduled Indian languages. Named to TIME100 AI 2025.
Sep 2025: named to TIME100 AI
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister of Electronics and IT
Policymaker
Why they matterChairs AIGEG, the inter-ministerial group set up in Apr 2026 to steer AI governance.
Apr 2026: AIGEG set up
Rajan Anandan
Managing Director, Peak XV Partners
Investor
Why they matterRuns Surge, Peak XV's seed program. Its latest 18-company cohort is mostly AI startups.
Checked 2 Oct 2026
Nikhil Pahwa
Founder and Editor, MediaNama
Explainer
Why they matterWrites regular explainers on AI policy, privacy and products for Indian readers.
Checked 2 Oct 2026
Apar Gupta
Founder Director, Internet Freedom Foundation
Critic & watchdog
Why they matterArgued the 2026 India AI Impact Summit favoured government and companies over rights.
Feb 2026: India AI Impact Summit
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