RailTel Showcases AI-Driven Public Health Roadmap at AI Impact Summit 2026; CMD Highlights Secure Digital Backbone for Inclusive Healthcare

New Delhi: RailTel Corporation of India Ltd curated and hosted two high-level panel discussions on Artificial Intelligence–driven healthcare at the AI Impact Summit 2026, positioning itself as a key enabler of secure, scalable and inclusive public health infrastructure.

The summit, held at Bharat Mandapam, was organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the IndiaAI Mission, bringing together policymakers, technology leaders, healthcare professionals and researchers from India and abroad.

AI for Public Health at Population Scale

RailTel curated two thematic sessions: “Public Health Powered by AI: RailTel’s Collaborative Model for AI-enabled Inclusive Healthcare for Bharat and Beyond” and “AI for Inclusive, Accessible, and Universal Healthcare.”

The first session focused on collaborative models involving government institutions, healthcare providers, research organisations and technology partners. Panellists highlighted AI’s potential in strengthening disease surveillance, enabling early detection, improving clinical decision support and enhancing population-scale health management.

Speakers underscored that AI must function as a catalyst for equity — bridging healthcare gaps rather than widening disparities — particularly in public health systems serving diverse populations.

Reaching the Last Mile

The second session centred on extending AI-driven healthcare solutions to underserved and remote regions. Experts emphasised the need for patient-centric government policies and cautioned that healthcare innovation cannot be driven solely by profitability.

Discussions flagged challenges such as limited high-bandwidth infrastructure in remote areas, realistic deployment strategies aligned with on-ground conditions, and the importance of measuring outcome-based indicators to assess AI’s real impact. Improving healthcare literacy was also identified as critical to ensuring responsible and universal AI adoption.

RailTel’s Digital Infrastructure Backbone

Sanjai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of RailTel, said the company sees itself as a key enabler in building secure, resilient digital infrastructure capable of powering AI-driven public health services.

“We express our sincere gratitude to MeitY and the IndiaAI Mission for entrusting RailTel with the responsibility of organising these important panel discussions. This summit provided a valuable platform to deliberate on how Artificial Intelligence can drive inclusive and accessible healthcare for Bharat and beyond. As a public sector enterprise committed to supporting national digital initiatives, RailTel sees itself as a key enabler in building secure, scalable and resilient digital infrastructure that can power AI-driven public health services,” he said.

A Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways, RailTel operates one of India’s largest neutral telecom infrastructure networks, with 63,000 route kilometres of optical fibre along railway tracks, 21,000 km of citywide access network, more than 11,000 points of presence and over 1,100 telecom towers nationwide. It also supports a large public Wi-Fi network across 6,115 railway stations and provides Tier III data centre services, cloud services and security operations infrastructure.

RailTel’s participation at the Summit reinforced its commitment to enabling next-generation public service delivery through secure ICT platforms, with healthcare emerging as a critical focus area in India’s AI-driven digital transformation journey.