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Innovation and Digital Cooperation to Lead India’s BRICS Summit Agenda

Innovation, digital cooperation to take centre stage at BRICS Summit under India's Chairship
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Source: ANI (Asian News International) | Original Published At: 2026-09-02 07:43:30 UTC

Key Points

  • India is preparing to host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12–13, marking its fourth time hosting the leaders' meeting.
  • India's Chairship agenda emphasizes artificial intelligence, digital public infrastructure, startups, scientific research and women's participation in technology and entrepreneurship.
  • The summit theme is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability".
  • India has highlighted Aadhaar and the Unified Payments Interface as examples of affordable, scalable and inclusive digital public infrastructure.
  • The 12th BRICS Communications Ministers' Meeting, hosted by India in August, discussed artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, digital governance and resilient communication networks.
  • Proposed initiatives include a BRICS Startup Innovation Fund and a BRICS Startup Innovation Network.
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