Dr. Vivek Raghavan is an entrepreneur, technologist and creator of Digital Public Goods (DPG). He has embarked on a new mission as the founder of Sarvam AI to develop full stack Generative AI for India.

As Chief AI Evangelist at the EkStep foundation, Vivek was an advisor to Digital India Bhashini (National Language Translation Mission) which aims to make available all services and information to citizens in their local language through the medium of voice. Vivek was also Chief Mentor for the Nilekani Center at AI4Bharat, IIT Madras whose aim is to achieve English equivalence in language AI for all Indian languages through open datasets, models and applications.

Vivek was the Chief Product Manager and Biometric Architect at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He has been responsible for the design, implementation and scale out of the technology platform for Aadhaar, the world’s largest identity program as a volunteer. He joined the Aadhaar project just when the first Aadhaar was issued, and was there when the billionth Aadhaar was generated. Vivek pioneered the use of AI at Aadhaar to improve the quality of services and detect identity fraud. Vivek continues to advise UIDAI on technology, in his volunteer role as Advisor(Technology).

Vivek had also served as volunteer CTO for Team Indus, India’s entry to the Google Lunar X- Prize, which aimed to land a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

Date: Tuesday, Sept 24, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM IST
Venue: AC01-LR-106
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