Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the WAVES Creators’ Corner at Bharat Mandapam on the second day of the India AI Impact Summit yesterday. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Minister underscored that the WAVES Creators’ Corner serves as a strategic extension of the Ministry’s key initiatives, including WaveX, Waves Bazaar and the Create in India Challenges.

He conducted an extensive walkthrough of the pavilion, interacting with emerging entrepreneurs from the WaveX start-up cohort and senior leadership from global entities such as Adobe, Netflix, Sony and Amazon. Mr Vaishnaw also praised the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies for integrating Artificial Intelligence into creative education to equip students for evolving industry demands.

The Minister engaged with 51 Media Tech start-ups and challenged winners at WAVES. The pavilion showcased cutting-edge AI experiences, ranging from real-time game development and prompt-to-cinema live studios to an Agentic AI-powered newsroom by Amazon Web Services and BharatGen, enabling automated editorial workflows. The Ministry informed that the platform will continue to host expert dialogues, filmmaker masterclasses and technical sessions by global leaders throughout the Summit.