**Executive Summary**
On June 18, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in VivaTech 2026 in Paris alongside French President Emmanuel Macron to highlight India’s vision for human-centric AI. Serving as the "AI Country Partner," India established its largest-ever presence at the event with over 80 deep-tech companies showcasing innovations. This participation marks a key milestone in the "India-France Year of Innovation," aimed at deepening bilateral partnerships in emerging technology.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Strategic Vision and Keynote Address**
* Prime Minister Modi emphasized a human-centric approach to Artificial Intelligence and frontier technologies.
* Technology was cited as the driver for transformative changes in India, specifically in digital payments, AI-enabled agriculture, and space applications.
* The visit included direct interactions with Indian innovators focused on healthcare, sustainability, and mobility.
* **India’s Presence as AI Country Partner**
* India held its largest-ever representation at VivaTech with dedicated pavilions for its innovation ecosystem.
* Focus areas included digital public infrastructure, health-tech, clean technologies, and advanced computing.
* More than 80 Indian deep-tech companies and start-ups participated to display practical industry solutions.
* **India-France Bilateral Cooperation**
* The year 2026 is officially designated as the "India-France Year of Innovation."
* The partnership builds on historical engagement, including India being the first "Country of the Year" in 2022 and PM Modi's 2021 keynote address.
* A formal collaboration has been established between VivaTech and the Bengaluru Tech Summit to further ecosystem integration.
**Impact Analysis**
**Indian Start-ups and Deep-tech Companies**
**Impact**
They receive significant international exposure and a platform to showcase frontier technologies to a global audience of investors and business leaders.
**Action Required**
Participate in pavilions and interact with global stakeholders to demonstrate practical solutions in healthcare, mobility, and sustainability.
**Indian and French Governments**
**Impact**
The event strengthens diplomatic and economic ties through the "India-France Year of Innovation" and deepens the integration of their respective technology ecosystems.
**Action Required**
Continue to facilitate formalized collaborations between major tech events, such as VivaTech and the Bengaluru Tech Summit.
**Tech-entrepreneurs, Investors, and Business Leaders**
**Impact**
These stakeholders gain direct access to India's scaling innovation ecosystem, particularly in AI and digital public infrastructure.
**Action Required**
Engage with Indian innovators and start-ups to explore potential partnerships, investments, and the adoption of emerging tech solutions.
Key Entities Referenced
VivaTech 2026: Europe’s largest technology and start-up event held in Paris where India participated as the AI Country Partner to showcase its innovation ecosystem in AI, health-tech, and deep-tech.
India–France Year of Innovation: A bilateral initiative celebrated in 2026 aimed at deepening strategic cooperation and partnerships between the technology ecosystems of India and France.
Bengaluru Tech Summit: An Indian technology initiative that has formalized a collaboration with VivaTech to enhance global engagement and synergy between the two innovation hubs.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister participates in Vivatech 2026
Posted On: 18 JUN 2026 7:35PM by PIB Delhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, accompanied by the President of France, H.E. Mr.
Emmanual Macron, today participated in VivaTech 2026 in Paris, Europe’s largest technology
and start-up event.
Addressing the gathering of tech-entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors and business leaders,
Prime Minister highlighted India’s vision for a human-centric AI and frontier technologies, and
the growing expanse of India–France cooperation in emerging technologies. He noted that
technology had enabled transformative changes in India, from digital payments, AI enabled
agricultural progress to cutting-edge space applications. Following the keynote address, Prime
Minister Modi and President Macron interacted with Indian start-ups and innovators displaying
frontier technologies and practical solutions for industry, healthcare, sustainability, and mobility.
India is the AI Country Partner in VivaTech 2026. This is also India’s largest ever presence at
VivaTech with pavilions set up to showcase its innovation ecosystem across Artificial
Intelligence, digital public infrastructure, health-tech, clean technologies, mobility, advanced
computing, etc. Over 80 Indian deep-tech companies and start-ups are participating in the
event.
Prime Minister’s participation at VivaTech is expected to further deepen partnerships between
Indian and French technology ecosystems. India has had a growing engagement with VivaTech
over the years: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered the keynote address at VivaTech in
2021; India was the first Country of the Year at VivaTech in 2022; and VivaTech has recently
formalized collaboration with the Bengaluru Tech Summit. This year’s participation by India
assumes significance as the two countries are celebrating 2026 as the India–France Year of
Innovation.
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