Diffusion Library

Delhi Government and EkStep Foundation Sign MoU on AI-Ready Data

August 25th, 2026 | New Delhi

Session on AI Adoption with InvestUP Team at Lucknow

August 13th, 2026 | InvestUP, Lucknow

India AI Summit 2026

Feb 27th, 2026 | AI Impact Summit, Delhi

Tanvi Lall, Director, Strategy, People+AI, in a panel discussion on "Scaling Impact through India's Sovereign AI and Data Infrastructure".

Feb 20th, 2026 | AI Impact Summit, Delhi

Shalini Kapoor, Chief Strategist, Data & AI, EkStep Foundation in a panel discussion on AI-Ready Data; Building shared infrastructure for the future.

National Deliberative Summit on "Using Administrative Data for Governance: Harmonising Departmental Data

April 2026 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Our team presented at MoSPI's ‘National Deliberative Summitʼ in Bhubaneswar to help chart the roadmap for harmonizing administrative data and making it truly AI-ready.

Meeting with MoSPI Secretary

April 20, 2026 in Delhi

Meeting with the Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Saurabh Garg on MoSPI's transformation from the nation's statistical powerhouse to the steward of national data infrastructure.

Workshop with The Amul Team

April 15, 2026 in Bengaluru

Workshop with the Amul team on Data & AI for Exports, exploring how better data can power India's export growth.

VizChitra Roundtable

July 3, 2026 in Bengaluru

Roundtable co-hosted with VizChitra on unlocking public sector data, featuring the launch of the DATA DHARA first draft

DATA DHARA

Stuti Goyal - AI Diffusion Fellow at People+ai, EkStep Foundation, Master of Public Policy Candidate at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education

Explore how public-sector data can unlock economic value, livelihoods and welfare delivery through the DHARA 7-stage lifecycle.

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AI Adoption Journey for Population Scale: The UCAF Framework

In this episode of ‘Interpreting Indiaʼ, host Nidhi Singh speaks with Shalini Kapoor (Chief Strategist, Data and AI, EkStep) & Tanvi Lall (Director Strategy, People+ai) on how India could translate AI ambition into population-scale impact with the Use Case Adoption Framework(UCAF).

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The Data Dividend: Unlocking India's Untapped Public Data

India has the world's richest public data ecosystem, and much of its potential is still waiting to be unlocked. A look at the workaround tax this creates, and what a real-time, granular, machine-readable data infrastructure could enable.

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The Data Bulletin

Perspectives from the EkStep Foundation team and our partners across government and research institutions, on data readiness, institutional capacity, and the work of building public data India can rely on.

From Silos to Systems

What DHIS2, Digital Earth Africa, and ULIP Reveal About Unlocking Public Value at Scale

Purpose Built: Turning Fragmented Government Data into AI-Ready Infrastructure

A DPI Framework for Governed, AI-Ready Data Access in India

Policy Meets the Proprietor

Amodini A P, AI Research Fellow (May-Dec 2025), People+ai, EkStep Foundation

A Decentralized Agentic Architecture for India's 110 Million MSMEs

The Practical Path to Viksit Bharat

Shri P. R. Meshram, Director General (Data Governance), National Statistics Office of India

How NSO's eSankhyiki MCP Server Is Making Official Statistics Instantly Usable

The GIVE Framework for Public Data

Shalini Kapoor, Chief Strategist (Data & AI), EkStep Foundation

A Blueprint for a Fair and Inclusive Data Economy in the Age of AI, where value must flow both ways

DATA DHARA (Data harnessed for ai-ready advancements)

An executive summary of a consultative paper exploring India's data power in the AI decade

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DATA DHARA (Data harnessed for ai-ready advancements)

A consultative paper exploring India's data power in the AI decade

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Dataʼs First Promise ‘The Export Conversationsʼ India's MSMEs Have Always Needed

India possesses vast reserves of export data. This article discusses the challenges of turning it into actionable intelligence that could help millions of MSMEs find their path to global markets.

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AI Adoption Journey for Population Scale

Connecting real-world AI use cases across sectors such as health, education, agriculture, and livelihoods can help policymakers, innovators, and institutions align around a shared goal. This article looks at a framework ensuring that AI works for everyone.

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