A SYMPOSIUM ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND AGRICULTURE
The symposium will serve as a primer to the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, offering a practical showcase of how AI is being leveraged at scale to strengthen India’s development story, particularly across public health, agriculture, and education. The one-day session aims to move beyond abstract ideas by highlighting real-world, scalable solutions that demonstrate AI’s augmentative and inevitably transformative potential on the ground.
THE PANELS
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DEMOCRATIZING AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Explore how AI is transforming India’s public health systems. Learn about innovative, end-to-end solutions that strengthen disease surveillance, diagnostic support, and maternal/child health. This panel focuses on operationalizing AI for social good, making healthcare more accessible, efficient, and equitable for every community.
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DEMOCRATIZING AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Explore how AI is transforming India’s public health systems. Learn about innovative, end-to-end solutions that strengthen disease surveillance, diagnostic support, and maternal/child health. This panel focuses on operationalizing AI for social good, making healthcare more accessible, efficient, and equitable for every community.
2
AI DRIVING INCLUSIVE GROWTH FOR FARMERS
Delve into the crucial role of AI across the agricultural value chain. Discussions will focus on on-farm applications like enhanced yield prediction and disease detection, and optimizing precision farming. The session examines strategies to democratize access to AI advisories, ensuring these powerful tools benefit smallholder farmers and create a more resilient food ecosystem.
2
AI DRIVING INCLUSIVE GROWTH FOR FARMERS
Delve into the crucial role of AI across the agricultural value chain. Discussions will focus on on-farm applications like enhanced yield prediction and disease detection, and optimizing precision farming. The session examines strategies to democratize access to AI advisories, ensuring these powerful tools benefit smallholder farmers and create a more resilient food ecosystem.
3
AI FOR FOUNDATIONAL, EQUITABLE, AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Explore how AI is transforming education from foundational skills to professional upskilling. This session will cover personalized learning, teacher enablement, and equity in access. It will discuss responsible scaling of AI to drive better learning outcomes, accountability, and preparation for the modern workforce at every stage.
3
AI FOR FOUNDATIONAL, EQUITABLE, AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Explore how AI is transforming education from foundational skills to professional upskilling. This session will cover personalized learning, teacher enablement, and equity in access. It will discuss responsible scaling of AI to drive better learning outcomes, accountability, and preparation for the modern workforce at every stage.
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EVOLVING CSR: DATA AND AI
Witness the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility from traditional philanthropy to CSR 2.0: a strategic, data-driven approach. This panel explores the necessity of this shift, where AI and technology enable smarter, scalable, and more measurable social impact. Discover how cross-sector collaboration and AI can drive sustainable outcomes that communities truly adopt and benefit from.
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EVOLVING CSR: DATA AND AI
our speakers
Shri S. Krishnan
Secretary
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Madhukar Kumar Bhagat
Joint Secretary, e-Health
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Mohammed Y. Safirulla K.
Director
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Dr. Raghuram Rao
Deputy Director, TB
MoHFW
Dr. Saloni Sidana
Mission Director
National Health Mission (MP)
Dr. Himanshu Chauhan
Additional Director & HoD
NCDC
Dr. Malvika Chaudhary
Global Team Leader
Digital Tool Promotion, CABI
Paritosh Anand
Chief AI and Digital Officer
Wadhwani Center for Government Digital Transformation
Sumit Roy
Assistant General Manager
Palm Oil Programme,
Solidaridad Network
Dr. Ashwini Gajarushi
Engineering Manager (Electronic System Group)
TIH Foundation for IoT & IoE, IIT-Bombay
Dr. Kuppusamy Rameash
Principal Scientist
Central Institute of Cotton Research
Bhavna Mathur
Lead
Social Impact & CSR, LinkedIn
Manju Dhasmana
Senior Director
Corporate Social Responsibility & Microsoft Philanthropies, Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited
Prateek Agarwal
IN Education Lead
Amazon Community Impact, Amazon India
Lavanya Jayaram
Executive Director (South Asia)
AVPN
Azeez Gupta
Co-founder
Rocket Learning
Dr. S Neethi
Professor of Practice
Department of Data Science & AI, IIT Madras
Dr. Radhika Tandon
Chief
Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi
Nishant Gupta
Social & Environmental Impact Advisor
Walmart.org
Ravi Trivedi
Chief Digital Officer
Piramal Foundation
Sowmya Velayudham
Director, Government and Public Services (School Education)
KPMG
Suhel Bidani
Lead – Digital and AI
Gates Foundation
Pranit Tulsi
Program Manager, APAC and India
Google Org
Kiranmayi Botlaguduru
Senior Manager
India CSR Salesforce
Dr. Saadhna Panday
Chief of Education
UNICEF India
Abhishek Kumar
Vice President, Engineering & Product
Wadhwani AI
Aditya Nayan
Director, Partnerships
Dr. Alpan Raval
Chief Scientist AI/ML
Wadhwani AI
JP Tripathi
Director, Agriculture
Wadhwani AI
Dr. Shekar Sivasubramanian
Head
Wadhwani AI
Azeez Gupta
Co-founder
Rocket Learning
Agenda
10:00 – 10:05
Welcome
10:05 – 10:10
Inaugural Lamp
10:10 – 10:15
Welcome Note by
Shekar Sivasubramanian,
Head, Wadhwani AI
10:15 – 10:30
Keynote Address
10:35 – 11:35
Panel 1:
Democratizing AI for Social Good in
Public Health
11:35 – 11:45
Tea Break
11:45 – 12:45
Tea Break
11:45 – 12:45
Panel 2: AI Driving Inclusive Growth for
Farmers
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
14:50 – 15:00
Lunch
13:50 – 14:50
Panel 3:
AI for Equitable, Foundational, and
Personalized Learning
14:50 – 15:00
Tea Break
15:05 – 16:05
Panel 4:
Evolving CSR: Data and AI
16:05 – 16:10
Vote of Thanks
16:10 – 17:00
High Tea
Our Valued Partners
Shekar Sivasubramanian,
Head, Wadhwani AI
Democratizing AI for Social Good in Public Health
AI Driving Inclusive Growth for Farmers
AI for Equitable, Foundational, and Personalized Learning
Evolving CSR: Data and AI