India's Biggest Summit on Diversity and Inclusion in Technology

The talk will cover the important role of data and technology in helping leaders build greater focus on enhancing growth and access especially at a granular regional level.

Generative AI (or gen AI) is one of the fastest growing technologies of our time. And we know that achieving gen AI’s full potential hinges not just on a strong data foundation, but also on leaders’ willingness to lead and learn differently. Therefore, it is important to not only understand and navigate the risks but also tap into the opportunity before us to reinvent work, reshape the workforce and prepare people, responsibly. No other modern technology has impacted these areas to such a degree—and we’re all about to experience it.

I love creating kolams. For me Kolam is my daily dose of inspiration, learning, feeling and living. It helps me find patterns , it helps me connect the outside with inside. One pattern I have created my self for mental well being is 9:8:7. I hope to share my experiments and results with 9:8:7 and how kolams has shaped me over a period of time both personally and professionally.

SME's are the backbone of the Indian economy however these family businesses often reach a level of saturation as they cannot adapt with the modern world and technology at its changing rate. Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale was no exception to this until tech became the catalyst of the business growth. Janhavi Chitale, a fourth generation addition of this family business, was the first girl to join this food business to accelerate its growth through tech. She was the first girl of the family to officially join the family business and the youngest in a traditional and patriarchal setup. In the past decade she has brought immense change into the organization by incorporating structure and data driven approach. In her talk she will be focusing on following points: - Introduction - Problem statements that were identified - Roadblocks - Solutions exercised - Impact created by the solutions including before after - Being a woman promoting tech patriarchal setup - Key takeaways for Indian traditional and family owned businesses and daughters who want to join the businesses

Sonia is a problem-solver and with a keen interest in improving fintech accessibility for women. Considering the lopsided impact in the fintech sector when it comes to women, there is a lot of room to build something large here.

Mamta Saikia will deep dive into the transformation in the education sector with technology integration in schools, especially in rural India. She will discuss: · Enabling schools in rural India with digital tools and resources amidst various challenges like limited resources and infrastructure · Innovative and collaborative solutions for facilitating access to digital resources to remote locations in the country · Focusing on recommendations under National Education Policy 2020 to bring in innovation in schools and hence the learning experiences of the students · Empowering teachers through ‘TheTeacherApp’ platform for their regular skill upgrade

The world is transforming, leveraging more of AI in our daily lives. Focus on the importance of including all forms of diversity in the process of this transformation. Ensuring bias is reduced in our data so that the digital world we build in the future is not a digital twin of the biased decisions of today’s real world.

India, despite being one of the world's top five economies with 111 unicorns valued at $350Bn as of 2023, still faces a stark contrast in its socio-economic landscape, with 230 million people living in poverty and ranking 132 out of 189 on the Human Development Index. The/Nudge believes that technology, if directed with intent, can be a powerful equalizer, capable of crafting a pathway out of poverty for these millions. The challenge lies in ensuring that technology development and digitization are accessible and beneficial to all, particularly the marginalized, to prevent exacerbating existing inequalities. This calls for a collective effort from social entrepreneurs, business leaders, philanthropists, and governments to democratize technology and foster inclusive growth. By supporting tech-driven social enterprises and encouraging public-private partnerships, there's potential to leverage technology not just for economic gain but as a transformative force for societal good, aiming for a poverty-free India within our lifetime. This vision emphasizes the importance of innovation in public systems and the role of technology in sectors like education, health, and agriculture, to achieve sustainable development and equality.

Vanadana is an ardent believer of mobility independence for women both from an economic and safety point of view in India. Taxshe has been awarded as a SME Champion by UNDP in 2023. The increased participation of women in driving roles in India not only empowers them by granting mobility and economic independence but also contributes significantly to the nation's economic growth by expanding the labor force and stimulating consumption through increased access to employment opportunities and markets. By breaking traditional gender barriers in transportation, India stands to harness the full potential of its female workforce, thereby fostering inclusive economic development.

GenAI is all set to create a new professional world for us all and is being speculated to create a new foundation for the next gen of our society. It might be worthwhile to explore the potential transformative power of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) when it is developed with inclusivity at its core. Imagine its potential if it contains diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences that can significantly enhance the innovation process. It can not only enhance decision-making, creativity, and problem-solving abilities across various sectors, including business, healthcare, education but also scrutinize the impact of AI rightly into the world with its economic and ethical implications. All this only if we are incorporating inclusivity into AI development. In this session let us go over differences if AI development contains diversity and comparing it to when it doesn't. Let us together understand the symptoms of either and what to do if we still want to build solutions that are inclusive despite the underlying AI screaming something else!