Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood addressed the Wadhwani Innovation Network (WIN) Conclave on 15 May 2025, speaking on “Scaling Science for Social Good towards a Viksit Bharat: Vision for a Convergent Innovation Ecosystem.” He was joined by Dr Dr Shirshendu Mukherjee, Managing Director, Wadhwani Innovation Network; Dr Ajay Kela, Global CEO and Board Member, Wadhwani Foundation; and Dr Archna Vyas, India Country Director, Gates Foundation. In his inaugural address, Prof. Sood emphasised the convergent potential of frontier technologies such as AI-Quantum-Biotech convergence and the growing possibilities created by this, especially in healthcare, precision medicine, and advanced computing. Referring to convergence of governance and policy ecosystem and the various stakeholders, Prof. Sood noted that institutional mechanisms such as the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council and the Empowered Technology Group have helped shape initiatives and industry-academia partnerships including the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), National One Health Mission, and the Research, Development and Innovation Fund. Prof. Sood concluded by emphasising the need to move beyond isolated excellence towards broader collaboration and convergent innovation ecosystems.