Dharmendra Pradhan launches Centre of Excellence in AI for education ‘Bodhan AI’

New Delhi: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday launched the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for education, named Bodhan AI, at the two-day Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

Bodhan AI, set up at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, will create the Bharat EduAI Stack — an open digital public infrastructure (DPI) designed to power AI tools across school education, higher education, skilling, and research. The DPI will be built on Indian AI models to ensure data sovereignty.