AI for Impact Fellowship

Imagine the Best Possible Strong AI Future

Last date to Apply: 4th Jan, 2025

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.”

- Carl Sagan, Astronomer and Planetary Scientist

Like the Internet and Mobile technology revolutions before, strong AI is poised to change the world and how humans interact with it. While there are many risks to consider, it is also important to imagine how this goes right. What could super intelligent agents with the best intentions look like?

Can AI solve some of the most critical challenges our society faces around Education, Employment, Livelihoods, Water, Climate Change and more? Can we work with AI to build a world which is more sustainable and equitable? What does that future look like! Now is the time to imagine those futures!

AI for Impact Fellowship is a space where we invite people to come together and imagine, create and demonstrate how strong AI has the potential to positively impact and solve real world problems!

Last date to Apply: 4th Jan, 2025

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Why should you join?

AI for Impact Fellowship is a 3 month, part-time, project oriented program for individuals to imagine and create impactful solutions to critical development and societal challenges in India with AI.

Goals

This 3-month project oriented fellowship is for individuals to:

Explore different AI tools, and imagine what stronger AI is likely to emerge.

Learn from each other and experts working in the technology and social sector.

Brainstorm what a positive future with strong AI might look like.

Use existing AI tools, create interactive conversational agents that communicate a vision.

Fellowship Structure

The AI Impact Fellowship is part-time (10+ hours a week) which will be online and primarily asynchronous. We begin with brainstorming the future we want to see, and end with a showcase of AI projects fellows produced. In between we hear from industry experts about where they see the technology going, and from NGO organizations about the challenges they face. We develop ideas into plans for a project to discuss at midterm, and our plans into projects and prototypes for the final.

Exploration

Brainstorming & visualization of AI tools and agents

Engaging with experts from the social impact & technology sector to understand their challenges

Co-design

Learn from each other

Testing, iterating & finalising project ideas

Presentation of final project idea during mid-term

Initiating prototype development

Prototype

Creating the prototype

Presenting the developed prototypes on Demo Day

Documenting the project journey and outputs

Debriefing to capture learnings and outcomes

Last date to Apply: 4th Jan, 2025

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Our Speakers

Saurabh Karn

Sarvam AI, Founding Member

Abhishek Gupta

Navgurukul, Co-founder & Chief of Innovations

Rajasekhar Kaliki

Digital Bharat Collaborative, Chief Technology Officer

Koushik Yanamandram

Climate Asia, Lead- Green Accelerator Program

Temitope Isedowo

Ashoka, Director of Technology and Platforms, Changemakers

Shailendra Nath Jha

Change Engine, Co-Founder

Rahul Kulkarni

Samagra, Chief Technologist

Vidya Sridhar

Tech4Good Community, Senior Associate, Impact and Communications

Tanuj Bhojwani

Ex-People+ AI, Head

Why should you join?

Collaborators, Potential Partners

Get to know other people passionate about this technology and its potential for positive change.

A structured defined path

From concept exploration, through project design & implementation. This includes accountability towards the creation of amazing demos you can be proud of.

Practical Experience

Use the current generation of strong AI tools to create meaningful projects that represent your abilities and vision.

Exposure

Get recognized as someone with ideas and agency in the most consequential industry of our time.

Opportunity to get funded

Receive a stipend of ₹10k / month. Pitch for follow on funding at the final showcase / demo day.

What you will do as a Fellow?

Commit Time

Dedicate 10+ hours per week for 3 months to build impactful AI solutions, including some weekends.

Learn and Engage

Be curious and actively participate with the fellowship community.

Generous

With time helping other participants and arranging study groups and workshops.

Gracious

In interactions with other fellows, guests, and staff.

Prototype

Create and test a prototype that uses AI to address a social problem you care about! This can be a chatbot, or media, or anything that captures your imagination and ideas!