🚨 𝟗 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 Before there was an office, there was a blog. Before there were reports, events, coalitions, and communities, there were simply two people who believed that thoughtful conversations could help shape a better digital future for India. Nine years ago, 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢 and 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐞 set out to create a space for ideas. A space where technology, policy, and people could come together in meaningful dialogue. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝐀 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. Along the way, The Dialogue has been shaped by countless individuals who chose to believe in the power of informed discussion, constructive debate, and collaborative action. Every colleague who joined the journey. Every partner who trusted us. Every policymaker, researcher, entrepreneur, creator, and supporter who pulled up a chair at the table. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. As we mark nine years, we find ourselves grateful not just for what we've built, but for the people who built it with us. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧. And thank you for helping transform a simple idea into something far greater than we could have imagined. 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐗. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴. #YearXAwaits #9YearsOfDialogue #ThenNowNext @kazimriz|@OldWonk|@kritisingh29|@kameshsshekar|@JameelaSahiba|@gsaxena03|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|

🎙️ #EventHighlights | 𝐂𝐍𝐁𝐂 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐳 | 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐯𝐚𝐚𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 As AI emerges as one of the defining technologies of this century, the conversation is no longer just about capability, but about ensuring that innovation translates into broad-based impact. At 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐯𝐚𝐚𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 hosted by 𝐂𝐍𝐁𝐂 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐳, 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭, 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈 (𝐂𝐨𝐑𝐄-𝐀𝐈), reflected on why India’s AI journey must remain anchored in 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵, and meaningful adoption. The discussion also reflected themes that continue to be advanced through 𝐂𝐨𝐑𝐄-𝐀𝐈, including enabling innovation while building governance pathways that work in practice and ensuring AI development remains aligned with India’s developmental priorities. Kazim was joined by: • 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐤 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐧 — 𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬; 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐓𝐈𝐄 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 • 𝐀𝐭𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐚 — 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥, 𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯 • 𝐔𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢 — 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐀𝐈 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 The conversation explored how India’s AI opportunity may ultimately be defined not by replicating global models, but by solving 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 at scale and ensuring innovation reaches the last mile. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 ➡️ 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 : youtu.be/q0Zkh2DCUiM @kazimriz | @CNBC_Awaaz | @coreaicoalition #Definedge #UPGovt #BharatEconomicSamvad #CNBCAwaaz #ViksitBharat2047 #BES2026 #CNBCAwaazBES #CNBCAwaazBES2026

🚨 #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 | 𝘋𝘢𝘺 2 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐-𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘩 |#TheDialogueAtTheIndiaAIImpactSummit2026 Day 2 at the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 advances three strategic conversations — on infrastructure, sovereignty, and the future of the Global Majority in the AI economy. 🔹 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 Co-hosted by 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 with 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, this roundtable explores how India can build the 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, and 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 backbone required for inclusive AI growth — from sustainable compute and connectivity to skilling, language inclusion, and resilient digital ecosystems. 🔹 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 Co-hosted with 𝐒𝐀𝐒 and the 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, this panel examines how countries in the Global Majority can move from 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 to 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. Drawing on insights from Constraint to Capability: Flipping the Narrative on AI in the Global South, the discussion links governance principles to real-world deployment, markets, and institutions — highlighting 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, and 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 as key levers of AI sovereignty. Moderated by 𝐕𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 (SAS), the panel features: • 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 (SAS) • 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢 (The Dialogue) • 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐨 (Government of Kenya) • 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 (Global Center on AI Governance) 🔹 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐈 Hosted by the 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲, this roundtable examines how jurisdictions are defining digital sovereignty in an AI-first world. 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐫, Associate Director – Research & Strategy, The Dialogue, contributes to this exchange on aligning India’s sovereign AI approach with global innovation ecosystems. Across all three engagements, Day 2 focuses on one central question: How do we build AI systems that are 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 — and shaped by those who will use them most? #IndiaAIImpactSummit #responsibleAI #AIgovernance #roadtoimpact #ai #GlobalSouth #AIImpact2026 #TechPolicy #AIEthics #ResponsibleAI #DigitalGovernance #globalsouth #people #progress #roadtoimpact #AIsummit #globalai #globalmajority #indogerman #germanyinindia #germany Official Affliations: @OfficialINDIAai | @GoI_MeitY Hosts: @SASsoftware | @gcg_ai Speakers: @kazimriz | @pthigo | @coreaicoalition | @ReggieTownsend | @vrushuuu | @racheladamsward | @kameshsshekar

✨#EventRecap | 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐂: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 | 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘈𝘐 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 As the conversations settle and the energy of the room lingers, we at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 reflect with gratitude on From Delhi to DC: Advancing Multilateral AI Partnership, an Official Pre-Summit event of the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, convened in Washington, D.C. on 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, in partnership with 𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐅’𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. We extend our sincere appreciation to our 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫, Hon’ble Minister (Commerce), Embassy of India; 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧, Hon’ble Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; and 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐒. 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐧, Hon’ble Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, for setting the tone with thoughtful reflections on global cooperation, trust, and leadership in the AI era. We also thank 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 (𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬) 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫, Vice President, Knowledge & Information Products, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google, for the welcome address that framed the day’s discussions. We are equally grateful to our panelists for their depth of insight and generosity of perspective across three substantive sessions: 🟣 Dr. Jane Munga, Han Sheng Chia, Poornima Shenoy, and Hodan Omaar for grounding the conversation on scaling AI adoption through skills, deployment, and trust. 🟣 Jeffrey D. Bean, Daniel Castro, Behnaz Kibria, and Jameela Sahiba for advancing a timely discussion on compute equity and interoperable safeguards. 🟣 David Weller, Ridhika Batra, Vikram Singh, Olivia Igbokwe-Curry, and Aalok Mehta for shaping a forward-looking roadmap on AI policy, innovation, and governance. This convening served as a meaningful bridge between 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃.𝐂. and 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢, carrying forward insights that will directly inform the 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. As we look ahead, we do so with a renewed sense of purpose, rooted in collaboration, shared responsibility, & global progress. #RoadtoImpact #AIImpactSummit 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Shri @narendramodi | Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw | Shri @JitinPrasada | @PIB_India | Shri @SecretaryMEITY | Shri @abhish18 | Smt @kavitabha | @OfficialINDIAai | @GoI_MeitY | @_DigitalIndia | ITIF's @DataInnovation | @kazimriz | @Microsoft | @kritisingh29 | @JameelaSahiba | @hodanomaar | @NihalKrishan | @Google |