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India AI Stack
- 06 Feb 2026
- 3 min read
India introduced the India AI Stack to democratise AI and enable population-scale deployment across health, agriculture, education and governance.
India AI Stack
- About: The AI Stack is an integrated framework of five interlinked layers that enables the building, deployment and scaling of AI applications in a reliable, affordable and inclusive manner.
- It allows AI to move beyond experimentation and deliver real-world, population-scale impact across sectors.
- Key Layers:
- Application Layer: It represents the user-facing end of the stack, where AI delivers tangible value through tools such as health diagnostics, farm advisories, language translation, e-Courts services and AI-enabled weather forecasting.
- AI Model Layer: It forms the intelligence core of the stack, with India developing sovereign, India-centric models through initiatives like the IndiaAI Mission, BharatGen, Bhashini, and IndiaAIKosh to support Indian languages, public services and national priorities.
- Compute Layer: It provides the processing power required to train and run AI models, supported by subsidised access to Graphics Processing Unit (GPUs) and Tensor Processing Unit (TPUs) via the IndiaAI Compute Portal, national GPU clusters, supercomputers and a growing domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
- Data Centres & Network Infrastructure Layer: It acts as the backbone of AI deployment, enabled by nationwide optical fibre connectivity, near-universal 5G coverage and rapidly expanding domestic data centre capacity, with hubs like Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
- Energy Layer: Ensures reliable and sustainable power through 500+ GW installed capacity, over 51% non-fossil sources, battery storage, pumped storage projects and nuclear energy support.
- Significance: It promotes AI for Humanity by enabling inclusive, sovereign and affordable AI, reducing dependence on foreign models and compute, while aligning AI growth with sustainability, self-reliance and public welfare.
| Read more: India AI Mission and Emerging AI Ecosystem |
