At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, PM Modi laid out the M.A.N.A.V. framework: Moral, Accountable, National, Accessible, Valid. Think of it like building guardrails around AI before it runs wild. He didn’t just talk about chips or code; he talked about child-safe AI, watermarking deepfakes, and even comparing AI to nuclear power: dangerous if unchecked, revolutionary if guided right. India’s big bet? That if AI works here; across 22 languages, 1.4 billion people, endless diversity; it can work anywhere. And the kicker? They’re giving startups, students, and researchers access to 38,000 GPUs. Not hoarding tech; sharing it. The world’s watching. Because India isn’t asking to join the AI race. It’s redesigning the track.