29 Jan, 2026
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Webinar on
Democratizing Artificial Intelligence through Digital Public Infrastructure
Date & Time – 29 January 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (IST)
Agenda
5:00 PM – 5:10 PM – Introduction
Payal Malik, Visiting Professor, ICRIER
5:10 PM – 6:00 PM – Fireside Chat
Shankar Maruwada, CEO & Co-Founder, EkStep Foundation
Payal Malik, Visiting Professor, ICRIER
Webinar on
Democratizing Artificial Intelligence through Digital Public Infrastructure
Date & Time – 29 January 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (IST)
Drawing on ICRIER’s recent report on, “AI Markets and Competition in India“, the session delves into how the growing concentration of AI infrastructure including compute, data and hardware reinforces inequalities in innovation capacity and examines emerging efforts to democratize these foundational resources through DPI-enabled approaches. In this respect, the session discusses EkStep Foundation’s work on building open digital infrastructures and inclusive platforms across sectors such as education, skilling, and agriculture by enabling interoperable, people-centric and contextual applications.