Speaking & media
Stories worth a stage.
On AI for people without internet, building ecosystems outside the metros, and what building a Batpod teaches you about failure.
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AWS Now Go Build CTO Fellowship Season 2 Episode 2: EdTech, Ownership, and Public Good
Amazon Web Services
Rethinking Digital Education with Youth in the Lead
International Peace Institute
Bio
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Abheejit Khandagale
Co Founder & CTA, Social Innovation Labs, Switzerland
Chair, REIN Global (prev Vruksh Ecosystems, India)
Board Member, Let's Read, France
Short bio
Abheejit Khandagale is a social entrepreneur from Nagpur, India, building technology for the next billion. He co-founded ekatra, a WEF UpLink Top Innovator, and leads technology and alliances at Si Labs. He is an Amazon Now Go Build CTO Fellow, a U.S. State Department Professional Fellow, and the builder of India's first Batpod.
Long bio
Abheejit is a social entrepreneur from Nagpur, India, with extensive experience across emerging technology, non-profit, and policy sectors. He is the Co-Founder of Social Innovation Labs, a global initiative HQ'd in Switzerland. He recently served as Digital Solutions Director at Catalyst Now, a global non profit network.
He has been recognized as a Top Innovator by the World Economic Forum, is an Amazon CTO Fellow, and Professional Fellow under US Department of State.
He founded non-profit Vruksh Ecosystems, which focuses on grassroots entrepreneurship education and supports entrepreneurs across South Asia in their Zero to One journey.
Abheejit regularly speaks at global conferences about his research and entrepreneurial work. He is passionate about using technology to create more equitable and accessible opportunities for all, and hopes to inspire others to follow their dreams and make a positive impact on the world.
Topics
AI for the next billion
Designing learning and services for people without smartphones, data, or formal classrooms.
Ecosystems beyond the metros
What it takes to build a startup culture in a city nobody is watching.
Fall. Learn. Build.
From a failed exam to India's first Batpod: failure as fuel.
Data infrastructure for social impact
Why the social sector needs the real-time data every other sector already has.
Appearances
Project Lincoln: A Decade Apart
Fab conference circuit
JanAI Pavilion, with Catalyst Now
India AI Impact Summit, Delhi
Building India's first Batpod
FAB11, Fab Foundation, Boston
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