As governments around the world embrace artificial intelligence to drive digital transformation and inclusive growth, the Dubai AI Festival 2025 is pleased to announce Jayesh Ranjan, a prominent government official from the Indian state of Telangana, as a featured speaker. Renowned for his trailblazing work in public sector innovation and technology policy, Ranjan stands at the forefront of India’s AI evolution.
A Leader in India’s Digital Governance Movement
As a senior member of the Government of Telangana, based in the tech-forward city of Hyderabad, Jayesh Ranjan oversees the crucial portfolios of Information Technology and Industrial Development. Under his guidance, Telangana has emerged as a national and global leader in the use of AI for governance, industry enablement, and citizen-centric innovation.
Telangana made history by becoming the first state in India to launch a dedicated AI framework, recognizing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence early on. In 2020, the state declared a landmark initiative—the “Year of AI”—to catalyze public-private collaboration and to scale AI awareness, adoption, and capacity-building across sectors.
Global Events and Strategic Roadmapping
Jayesh Ranjan was instrumental in organizing the Global AI Summit in Hyderabad in 2024, a flagship international event that brought together global AI leaders, startups, policymakers, and academics. The summit concluded with the release of a comprehensive AI roadmap, detailing 25+ strategic interventions to foster ethical AI adoption, research, innovation, and skill development.
The state’s roadmap included pillars such as:
- AI for public welfare and service delivery
- Building a skilled AI workforce
- Creating AI research hubs and sandboxes
- Driving AI adoption in agriculture, education, and healthcare
This made Telangana a model for AI policy-driven governance in India and globally.
Key Member of India-US Responsible AI Task Force
Further cementing his role in international cooperation, Jayesh Ranjan serves as a member of the prestigious India-US Task Force on Responsible AI, a bilateral group comprising five members from each nation. The task force focuses on developing collaborative strategies to ensure ethical, transparent, and inclusive AI governance across borders.
Keynote at Dubai AI Festival 2025: Public Policy for Ethical AI Transformation
At the Dubai AI Festival 2025, Jayesh Ranjan will deliver a powerful keynote titled “Policy-Driven AI for Inclusive Growth: The Telangana Experience.” His session will highlight:
- Best practices from Telangana’s AI strategy and public-sector initiatives
- The role of government in shaping responsible AI adoption
- Cross-border frameworks for collaboration on AI ethics and governance
- Lessons for emerging economies to build equitable and scalable AI ecosystems
His perspective will offer rare insight into the practicalities of operationalizing AI policy at scale and how subnational governments can lead with agility and vision.
Jayesh Ranjan’s participation at the Dubai AI Festival 2025 will resonate with public officials, industry leaders, and policymakers looking to strike the right balance between innovation, inclusion, and regulation in the age of artificial intelligence.
