Bharath Digital Infrastructure Association (BDIA) Launches Bharat Digital Samvad

The Bharath Digital Infrastructure Association (BDIA) today announced Bharat Digital Samvad – India’s first dedicated national forum on digital sovereignty and infrastructure policy. Convening on 20 May 2026 at the Shangri-La, New Delhi, the summit will simultaneously mark the formal public launch of BDIA as India’s dedicated not-for-profit industry body committed to advancing sovereign digital infrastructure.

The forum will bring together senior leaders from cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), and data platforms, alongside policymakers, regulators, academia, and innovators, to forge an actionable roadmap for India’s next digital decade.

The Strategic Moment: Why Now, Why BDIA

India stands at an inflection point. As the country transitions into one of the world’s largest digital economies, the infrastructure that underpins that economy – cloud compute, AI systems, data storage, identity platforms – remains heavily concentrated in the hands of global providers. BDIA was established to change this.

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