Google announced a series of AI programmes for developers, startups, enterprises and educators at Google I\/O Connect India 2026, held in Bengaluru on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The announcements include new AI education programmes, enterprise AI infrastructure, cybersecurity tools and partnerships aimed at supporting AI adoption in India.<\/p>\n
Based on third-party evaluations, the Google Play and Android ecosystem generated Rs 5.3 lakh crore (USD 60 billion) in revenue for app publishers and the broader Indian economy in 2025, up 28% from 2024.<\/p>\n
Among the announcements, Google DeepMind introduced its AI Research Foundations curriculum, a free 56-hour programme designed to help learners build and fine-tune large language models (LLMs). The programme will be available through Google Skills and will be expanded in partnership with NASSCOM, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru and AVPN.<\/p>\n
Google DeepMind also launched ATL Saathi, a Gemini-powered web application for teachers at Atal Tinkering Labs. The tool is designed to help educators deliver classroom content and curate hands-on experiments. It will initially be rolled out to 100 schools, with plans to expand to 10,000 schools.<\/p>\n
In healthcare, Google said researchers at AIIMS Delhi are using its MedGemma open AI models to develop India-specific AI models for leprosy and sexual and reproductive health. The models are designed to assist healthcare professionals by analysing images and text inputs.<\/p>\n
The company also announced that Gemini Live now supports 25 Indian languages and dialects, including Sanskrit, Bhojpuri and Maithili.<\/p>\n
For enterprises, Gemini 3.5 Flash model will now be available with in-country machine learning processing commitments for Indian businesses. The company is also enabling enterprises and public sector organisations to run Gemini on Google Distributed Cloud within Indian data centres to meet localisation requirements.<\/p>\n
Sec-Gemini v3, an AI-powered cybersecurity agent, will be made available to selected government and enterprise testers, including Flipkart. The company also open-sourced CAPSEM (Capabilities Security for Agents), a secure runtime environment designed to isolate AI agents and improve security.<\/p>\n
It has announced collaborations with IIT Delhi and IIT Madras to conduct research on AI safety, including threat detection and the development of AI security systems.<\/p>\n
To support developers, the company will bring its Google Play Academy curriculum to 10,000 developers in partnership with the governments of Rajasthan, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. The programme is intended to help developers build, launch and grow apps using AI technologies.<\/p>\n