India’s BRICS chairship highlights innovation and resilience
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- India’s 2026 BRICS chairship is focusing on innovation, knowledge sharing, mentorship, digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence to strengthen cooperation among member countries.
- Initiatives highlighted include a startup fund, incubator network, youth platform, research repository and projects in digital health, agriculture, urban mobility and cultural preservation.
- India will host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13 under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.”
India is placing innovation, knowledge sharing and digital tools at the center of its 2026 BRICS chairship, presenting them as ways to build resilience and deepen cooperation among member countries.
From innovation to action. Through knowledge sharing, mentorship, digital infrastructure and AI, India’s BRICS Chairship 2026 is fostering collaboration, strengthening capabilities and enabling new solutions.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the chairship is focusing on innovation, mentorship, digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence. A video released by the ministry highlighted a startup fund, an incubator network and a youth platform intended to support entrepreneurs and young founders.
The video also presented a research repository described as “one library of science for eleven countries.” It said digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence would be applied in fields, clinics, labor markets and city transit, with initiatives covering digital agriculture, digital health, skills and jobs, and urban mobility.
The greatest breakthroughs are built when knowledge moves, and talent finds room to grow.
The listed outcomes include a Digital Health Architecture for Continuum of Care Compendium, the BRICS Startup Innovation Fund, the BRICS Urban Mobility Hub, a Digital Agriculture Network, an Urban Research and Knowledge Network, DPI pilot projects, AI-enabled cultural object identification, a Youth Startup Platform and a Traditional Medicine Knowledge Compendium.
Digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence being put to work in the fields, in clinics, in labour markets, and on city transit. And invention protected.
India will host the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 12-13. Leaders from BRICS member and partner countries, along with outreach invitees, are expected to attend. The chairship is guided by the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,” while a related BRICS India 2026 post emphasized trade finance, social security, connectivity and sustainable agriculture as foundations for more resilient communities.
Together, we are building.
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