Bihar pavilion draws global attention at India AI Impact Summit 2026

New Delhi, February 21: Bihar’s growing footprint in technology and artificial intelligence was on full display at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, held at Bharat Mandapam. The Bihar Pavilion emerged as a major attraction, drawing interest from leading Indian states as well as international technology experts for its wide-ranging AI applications.

On the closing day of the summit, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav visited the Bihar Pavilion and praised the State Election Commission of Bihar for its AI-enabled electoral innovations. He lauded secure e-voting solutions and citizen-centric mobile applications, describing technology-driven, transparent and secure elections as vital to strengthening democracy. He said Bihar’s digital initiatives reflected its commitment to good governance and participatory democratic processes.

AI’s transformative role across sectors was highlighted by Mahesh, a Bihar native from Navgachhia now based in California, who attended the summit. The Bihar government recently signed an MoU with his firm Tiger Analytics. Mahesh said AI would significantly transform Bihar, especially in agriculture, health and education.

In agriculture, Bihar is moving towards “smart farming,” where AI acts as a digital advisor. Using sensors and satellite data, farmers can monitor soil health and crops in real time, while AI-enabled apps such as Kisan e-Mitra help detect crop diseases through images, offer remedies, provide accurate weather forecasts and predict market prices.

In healthcare, AI is enabling faster diagnosis and doorstep treatment. X-rays and CT scans can now be analysed within seconds to detect diseases such as tuberculosis and lung cancer, while AI-powered stethoscopes and thermal imaging support early detection of heart disease and breast cancer in rural areas.

In education, AI-driven personalised learning is gaining ground. Another participant, Deepak, said 10,000–20,000 students from Bihar’s engineering colleges and polytechnic institutes will be trained in AI and offered internships, preparing them for AI applications in key sectors.

A multilingual robot showcased at the Bihar Pavilion became a crowd-puller. Capable of conversing in multiple languages, it can function as a receptionist at public places such as railway stations, airports and hotels. The pavilion also displayed AI solutions for cleaning garbage and large drains without human intervention.

Officials from the Bihar Election Department explained how AI is being deployed to ensure transparency and fairness in elections, including AI-assisted vote counting, real-time information access for the public and surveillance to monitor security and discrepancies at polling stations.