Engineering graduates should turn India into AI creator hub, says Delhi CM at VIT Vellore convocation ceremony

Rekha Gupta, Chief Minister of Delhi, with G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT, at the 41st annual convocation of VIT in Vellore on August 22, 2026 | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy Delhi Chief Minister and BJP leader Rekha Gupta said on Saturday (August 22, 2026) that young engineering graduates should convert India into a hub of Artificial Intelligence (AI) creators rather than a mere large consumer market of digital technology. In the inaugural address at 41st annual convocation of VIT in Vellore, Ms. Gupta said that the idea to convert the country into a hub for AI technologies has been outlined in the “India AI Mission” where substantial investments have been made by Centre in the field of semiconductors, computing infrastructure, defence, space, drones, robotics and biotechnology to t