KOCHI, 10th July, 2026: Saina Human AI Pvt. Ltd., the AI education and technology arm of Saina Infotainments Pvt. Ltd., a group with four decades of operational history in Malayalam media, hosted the Let’s Talk AI Inaugural Summit at Kinfra Hi-Tech, Kalamassery, Kochi on July 3rd, 2026. This was India’s first public AI literacy summit aligned with a state-level AI ministry mandate.
The summit was inaugurated by Shri P.K. Kunhalikutty, Keralam’s Minister for Industries, Information Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, whose portfolio includes India’s first gazette-notified cabinet-level AI ministry, announced on May 20th, 2026. Shri V.E. Abdul Gafoor, Minister for Fisheries, also participated in the proceedings.
The event saw around 500 attendees, including students, MSME owners, educators, professionals, and government officials across all 14 districts of Keralam. The attendees participated in the full-day programme running from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The day-long summit featured three structured panel discussions. The first, moderated by Harish, addressed AI and the future of learning, with panellists Umer Abdusalam, Raul, and Bilal Navadh. The second, moderated by Bilal Navadh, addressed AI adoption in business, with panellists Jinu Ben, Niyas, Akhil Vinayak and Sachin. The third panel, moderated by Adil Majeed, addressed building with AI, featuring Anfas and Priyank Upadhyay
Speaking on the inaugural summit, Bilal Navadh, CEO of Saina Human AI, said, “We are glad to host India’s First AI Literacy Summit and humbled to see the responses we received. As a group, we are exploring participation as a principal in Malayalam AI model development and are also in talks with companies that are into training AI models. Our large catalogue’s value will be used as an authenticated Malayalam language training dataset for AI training.”
Aashiq Bava, Director of Saina Human AI and CEO of Saina Group, added, “This summit marks the public launch of KFSI – the Keralam Future Skills Initiative – Saina Human AI’s flagship AI education programme. KFSI operates three schools: a School of Sales and Revenue Intelligence, a School of Digital Marketing and Growth, and a School of Content and Creative Media. We are glad to offer this to the students.”
Saina Group also launched The AI Filmmaker and Income Diploma – the flagship four-month cohort programme, which is priced at ₹75,000 plus GST with 25 seats per cohort in Kochi.
Saina Human AI Pvt. Ltd. is the AI education and technology arm of a group with four decades of operational history in Malayalam media through Saina Infotainments Pvt. Ltd. The media entity holds a catalogue of 700+ feature films and over 3,500 music tracks under full IP ownership – assets the group states it intends to deploy strategically within the AI economy rather than licence to third parties. Saina Infotainments operates Saina’s Network of YouTube channels collectively with 30 million+ subscribers and 700 million+ documented views through there Socials an, alongside the Saina Play OTT platform with 3M+ Downloads.
