India is preparing to use the upcoming BRICS summit to deepen research cooperation and government partnerships in artificial intelligence, advanced computing, quantum technologies and semiconductor materials.
The focus on these emerging technologies comes as countries look to reduce dependence on concentrated AI capabilities and make global semiconductor supply chains more resilient.
India also aims to complete 3 major multilateral projects during its chairmanship of the 11-country bloc.
One of them, the Global Research Advanced Infrastructure Network (GRAIN), will provide researchers from BRICS member states with federated, or shared, access to high-performance computing systems and supercomputers.
Another initiative is a science and research repository. “Work is ongoing to operationalise the science and research repository, a unified digital portal where member nations share datasets and capabilities specifically targeting advanced materials engineering and functional nanostructures,” an official said.
India also plans to connect chip design and deeptech startups across member countries through the proposed Startup Innovation Fund and Incubator Network.
“In all these areas, we have aimed to mirror the success of our domestic policies,” another official said.
The official added that “Other nations are keen to establish frameworks similar to AIkosh — our national, centralised platform for non-personal datasets — and AI models, or our onboarding of over 38,000 high-performance graphics processing units in our common AI compute facility under the IndiaAI Mission.”
The upcoming summit will be only the 2nd to feature the 10 new partner nations, including Malaysia, Nigeria and Vietnam.
Alongside emerging technologies, the event will place major emphasis on expanding cooperation in digital payment systems.
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