Reliance Jio taps India AI Impact Summit 2026 to recruit frontier AI talent

At the high-profile New Delhi summit, Jio’s AI leadership directly engages with top engineers and researchers, offering fast-tracked recruitment as competition intensifies among Indian and global firms for advanced artificial intelligence talent.

The ongoing India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi has become more than just a global policy and technology forum — it is also emerging as a recruitment hotspot for artificial intelligence talent.

At the centre of this hiring push is Reliance Jio’s AI division. Gaurav Aggarwal, Chief AI Scientist at Jio, has been actively reaching out to skilled developers and researchers attending the summit, which is being held at Bharat Mandapam.

Aggarwal, who is based in Bengaluru, took to X to announce his presence at the event along with his team. In one of his posts, he invited attendees to connect and learn about the AI initiatives underway at Jio, describing the summit as an opportunity to showcase ongoing innovation.

Direct call to frontier AI talent

In a subsequent post, Aggarwal made a more focused appeal to what he termed “cracked engineers” — high-performing AI professionals working at the cutting edge of models, optimisation, and platforms. He offered to fast-track introductions to Jio’s recruitment team for candidates building at the frontier of AI, signalling an aggressive hiring intent.

The outreach reflects Jio’s broader ambition to scale its AI capabilities as India strengthens its position in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem. Backed by investments from parent company Reliance Industries, led by Mukesh Ambani, the telecom major has been expanding its focus on AI infrastructure, large-scale models, and applications tailored to Indian use cases.

Global leaders converge in New Delhi

The summit, running from February 16 to 20, is regarded as one of the largest AI gatherings hosted in the Global South. It has drawn participation from global technology executives and policymakers, including Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Bill Gates, Alexandr Wang, and K Krithivasan.

Political leaders such as Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are also participating.

Prime Minister Modi described the summit’s global participation as a matter of national pride, highlighting India’s growing influence in science, technology, and AI-driven innovation.

Against this high-profile backdrop, Jio’s hiring drive underscores the intensifying competition for AI talent in India, where domestic majors and global players are racing to build sovereign, scalable AI solutions for the future.