Perspectives
Essays and reflections from Svadrishti Foundation on AI literacy, responsible technology, and skilling for every Indian.
- Responsible AI
The Dharma of Technology: An Ethics-First View of AI
The dharma of technology is a simple but demanding idea: that how we build and direct AI should be governed first by duty and the good of the many, not by capability alone.
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Taking AI Education Beyond the Metros
AI education in India clusters in a few big cities. The real challenge — and the real opportunity — lies in the towns and districts the metros overlook.
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Inclusive AI and India's Digital Public Infrastructure
India's digital public infrastructure showed the world how to reach a billion people. That same inclusive spirit should shape how AI enters public life here.
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Why Grassroots AI Adoption Needs Trusted Intermediaries
Technology rarely reaches ordinary Indians directly. It arrives through a trusted human — an agent, a teacher, a neighbour. For AI, that intermediary is everything.
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AI for Social Good: What It Really Takes in India
The phrase 'AI for social good' hides how hard the work actually is. In India the model is the easy part; context, the last mile and trust are where success is won or lost.
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Bridging India's AI Skilling Gap
The real AI skilling gap in India is not at the top of the pyramid but across its broad base — the workers who will use AI daily without ever building it.
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Responsible AI in the Indian Context
Frameworks for responsible AI written for other societies do not transfer cleanly to India. A billion people, many languages and deep diversity ask for their own answers.
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Why AI Literacy Matters for India's Small Businesses
AI is reaching India's shopkeepers, workshops and traders faster than any framework to help them understand it. Literacy, not tools, is the missing piece.
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