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The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), conducted a cybersecurity familiarization visit and interactive session for visiting journalists from Europe, America and Central Asian countries on 12 December 2025.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has concluded the Biometrics SDK Benchmarking Challenge 2025 for Fingerprint modality with a recognition ceremony for the winners at its Head Office in New Delhi.

Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel inaugurated the Pre-Summit Conference on AI for Good Governance: Empowering India Digital Future, jointly hosted by the IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, at Mahatma Mandir. The conference is a key pre-event leading up to the India–AI Impact Summit 2026, scheduled to be held from 15-20 February 2026 in New Delhi.

Strengthening India’s commitment to scaling responsible, inclusive, and innovation-led AI ecosystems across states, the IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar is convening a Regional Pre-Summit Event on 11 December 2025 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.

The policies of the Government are aimed at ensuring an Open, Safe and Trusted and Accountable Internet for its users, including children.

With the expansion of the Internet and more users accessing it, the risk of exposure to inappropriate content and the harmful effects of these activities have also increased.

The vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister is to achieve self-reliance in supercomputing. This is ensured by giving access to state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities to researchers (academia and startups) as well as ensuring the manufacturing of critical sub-components in India.

Towards advancing India’s vision for safe, trusted, and inclusive AI, the Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) at IIT Madras in collaboration with the IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, is hosting a Pre-Summit Event convening on 11 December in Chennai, ahead of the India–AI Impact Summit 2026. The programme will open with a formal inauguration on the evening of 10 December, followed by a full-day Pre-Summit Event and a hybrid, closed-door Working Group meeting on 11 December.

The National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India and the Directorate of IT, Government of Tripura, organised a high-level conference titled “Harnessing AI and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Viksit Bharat” on Friday, 5^th December 2025 in New Delhi. EY was the Knowledge Partner for the Conference.

Government of India recognizes email as an important mode of official communication. Government is upgrading the legacy e-mail system to a cloud based, secure and scalable system. This upgrade is being carried out through M/s Zoho Corporation Ltd., a reputed Indian software service provider, selected through an open competitive process.

Electronics and semiconductors are foundational industries: Electronics and semiconductors are foundational industries. They are important for smooth functioning of nearly every sector of economy and have large scale impact on lives of citizens.

The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has announced a major enhancement to citizen services through the enablement of the Passport Verification Record (PVR) on the DigiLocker platform. DigiLocker is a secure, cloud-based platform under the Digital India programme that enables issuance, storage, sharing, and verification of digital documents and certificates.