The launch of the Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAHI) and the Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH) at the AI Impact Summit 2026 marks a defining moment in India’s digital health journey.

Within India’s skill development landscape, success is often boiled down to a simple paper chase.

When Bhuvan first emerged in 2009, it appeared to be a straightforward Indian alternative to GIS mapping virtual globe platforms.

Ask any government official in a district headquarters about their weekly review meetings, and they will likely describe a familiar and frustrating scene.

In most discussions on school reform, attention is focused on classrooms, textbooks, or teacher capacity.

When India began stitching together the JAM, namely Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile, it was less a slogan and more an infrastructure design principle: unique identity, a bank account, and a communications channel.

India’s shift to a unified digital health architecture began as a pilot on 15 August 2020 under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).

When eSanjeevani was launched in 2019, it began as a small pilot to determine if digital consultations could reach patients within India’s public health system.

When the government unveiled PM GatiShakti in October 2021, the headlines spoke of quick execution and reduced bottlenecks.

Subsidies and entitlements existed in plenty, but many never made it to the intended household.

Cervical cancer remains a tragic reality for many Indian women. Every year, nearly 123,907 new cases are diagnosed, and approximately 77,348 women lose their lives, which is almost one-third of the global toll.

The Poshan Tracker, deployed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) under Poshan Abhiyaan, digitizes beneficiary management and monitoring for Anganwadi Services.