AI India Impact Summit 2026: In New Delhi, PSL University participates in building a third way

Our goal is to build strategic autonomy based on secure data sharing, while respecting privacy and national and regional regulatory frameworks. » El Mouhoub Mouhoud, president of the Université PSL

AI India Impact Summit 2026 : an institutional presence at the highest level

PSL University has major scientific potential in artificial intelligence, driven by the excellence of its constituent institutions. From ENS – PSL to Dauphine – PSL, via the Collège de France, MINES Paris – PSL, ESPCI – PSL, Chimie Paris – PSL, the Paris Observatory – PSL and EPHE – PSL,  AI at PSL is understood in a broad sense, covering not only the core technology, but also its applications in the social sciences, humanities, artistic creation and public policy, and the analysis of AI's impact on society.
Beyond the core of AI itself, this dynamic permeates the social sciences, humanities, artistic creation and public policy. Creating the AI of tomorrow and studying its impact  on society are  at the heart of the AI Cluster PR [AI]RIE, an ecosystem of excellence of which PSL is a founding member, bringing together a total of nearly 130 researchers from its ranks and those of its partners, Paris Cité University, the CNRS, Inria and the Institut Pasteur.

Drawing on this exceptional scientific network, PSL University participated in the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, one year after the AI Summit in Paris. This event is central to building a third voice today. 

"Artificial intelligence cannot develop – in healthcare, science, industry or public policy – without access to large, diverse and high-quality data sets. Without a clear framework, its development risks becoming dependent on a small number of players who control data, infrastructure and standards. Our goal is to build strategic autonomy based on secure data sharing, while respecting privacy and national and regional regulatory frameworks." El Mouhoub Mouhoud, President of PSL University

President El Mouhoub Mouhoud, who was part of the Head of State's official delegation, was accompanied by Isabelle Ryl (Director of IA-Cluster PR[AI]RIE), Jennifer Heurley (VP International Relations) and Emmanuel Bacry (Paris-Dauphine University - PSL / Health Data Hub). The presence of PSL University at this summit was reinforced by the delegation from the École normale supérieure - PSL, led by its Director Frédéric Worms.

PSL University and ENS-PSL have participated on numerous occasions in the High-Level Academic and Scientific Meetings organised by the French Embassy in India, notably in the sessions: “Building a Cross-Border Research Network for Responsible and Secure AI” and “Shaping the Global AI Workforce: Leveraging Research and Education for the Common Good,” during which President Mouhoud presented the links between the global concentration of AI skills, their circulation, and cooperation strategies with the Global South, and India in particular, in order to share the benefits of the AI brain drain. 

This event in New Delhi illustrates PSL University's commitment and the role it intends to play in promoting AI based on public research and international cooperation developed within a framework of trust.
Among the highlights of these two days was the signing of two agreements, with PSL University's two key partnerships taking centre stage.

• The one led by the PR[AI]RIE cluster with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (SPARC – Security, Privacy and AI Research Centre) for the development of an international framework for the secure and ethical sharing of training data, in accordance with international principles, in particular recommendation 6 of the UN AI for Humanity report.

Main objectives:
•    Development of data sharing methods that respect sovereignty, traceability and confidentiality;
•    Design of federated AI and secure data sharing frameworks;
•    Research in applied cybersecurity (adversarial robustness, model security);
•    Compliance with national and regional regulatory frameworks (DPDP, GDPR);
•    deployment of solutions combining privacy protection technologies and AI in health, finance and sustainability, using architectures such as DEPA.

• The partnership between École normale supérieure - PSL and Ashoka University, India's leading interdisciplinary research university, aims to strengthen Franco-Indian cooperation in higher education, interdisciplinary research and innovation.

These initiatives are part of a strategy based on public research, international cooperation and trusted ecosystems.