The second edition of Mint’s All About AI Tech4Good Awards and Summit, presented by Salesforce, convened an array of industry luminaries, trailblazers, and policymakers to honor the revolutionary potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in engendering societal change.
Held in Mumbai, the event underscored AI’s pivotal role in elevating communities, promoting inclusiveness, and tackling urgent global issues including sustainability, education, healthcare, and financial inclusion.
Keynote Highlights
The evening commenced with a compelling keynote delivered by Binoy Prabhakar, Chief Content Officer, HT Digital Streams. He emphasized the necessity of leveraging technology judiciously to transform lives.
Reflecting on the initiative’s accomplishments, he remarked, “At Mint, we have consistently believed that the true narrative of AI revolves not around machines supplanting humans but rather humans reimagining the possible with machines.”
Following this, a welcome address was presented by Arundhati Bhattacharya, President & CEO, Salesforce South Asia, who illuminated the critical importance of responsible technology use. “Technology is not merely a collection of dazzling devices or complex algorithms.
Fundamentally, it serves as a steadfast enabler, a courageous conduit that bridges the disconnected,” she articulated.
Arundhati Bhattacharya, President & CEO, Salesforce South Asia, delivers the welcome note at the Summit.
However, she cautioned that innovation devoid of empathy could exacerbate existing disparities, urging businesses to champion solutions that are meaningful, sustainable, and scalable. “Let us innovate not merely for ephemeral convenience but for enduring impact,” she stated.
A virtual address by Amitabh Kant, former G20 Sherpa and ex-CEO of NITI Aayog, highlighted the imperative for India to cultivate autonomous AI capabilities.
India must embark on audacious endeavors to construct a flourishing end-to-end AI ecosystem. The prospects are vast, and the potential for global influence is unparalleled, he stated.
Additionally, a special address from Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, showcased India’s advancements in AI and digital public infrastructure.
He noted, “India’s narrative regarding digital public infrastructure exemplifies how technology can empower citizens while extending access to public services.”
Transforming Education
A fireside chat at the event featured Arundhati Bhattacharya and Raghav Gupta, Head of Education – India and Asia Pacific at OpenAI.
They deliberated on the transformative effects of generative AI within educational settings, its potential to democratize learning, and the imperative of guiding young users toward responsible AI usage.
The summit also hosted two engaging discussions. The first panel, moderated by Leslie D’Monte, Consulting Editor at Mint, examined the theme of scaling responsibly with generative and agentic AI.
Panelists including Ganesh Gopalan, CEO & Co-Founder of Gnani.AI, and Rucha Nanavati, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Mahindra Automotive, offered invaluable insights into the opportunities and challenges posed by AI adoption in enterprises.
Nanavati remarked, “We are at a point where the question is, ‘What can AI do for me?’ rather than apprehending its impact on employment.”
The second panel, led by Abhishek Singh, Deputy Editor at Mint, tackled the subject of ‘Data for Good: Making Responsible AI Work at Scale.’
Participants, including Rahul Matthan, Partner at Trilegal, emphasized the necessity of incorporating responsible AI governance, underscoring the need for organizations to weave security and compliance into their operational frameworks.
Matthan asserted, “AI is indispensable for India to streamline its developmental trajectory and realize its objectives.”
Award Winners
A highlight of the evening was the presentation of the All About AI Tech4Good Awards, recognizing significant AI innovations across diverse categories.
This edition marked the inclusion of international entries from South Asia. The winners and the transformative changes they inspired are as follows:
Best Use of AI for Empowering People with Disabilities
Gold: Sarvam AI – Developed a comprehensive generative AI platform facilitating multilingual conversational agents in 11 Indian languages, enhancing inclusion, cost efficiency, and digital sovereignty.
Silver: Ridlan AI Foundation – Introduced Milab Setu AI, a facial recognition system capable of identifying missing elderly and disabled individuals within minutes, achieving a 60 percent faster identification rate.
Best Use of AI for Sustainability
Gold: EcogenX Innovations – Revolutionized waste management into a predictive ecosystem, diverting over 12,000 tons of waste from landfills and enabling real-time waste tracking across three cities.
Silver: Singapore Technologies Engineering – Incorporated AI into urban traffic operations, diminishing incident detection time to less than 2 minutes while reducing energy consumption by 18 percent.
Best Use of AI for Financial Inclusion
Gold: Rezo.ai – Implemented an agentic AI platform that elevated debt collection efficiency to 96-98 percent, expedited loan approval processes to 48 hours, and deployed multilingual AI agents across 13 languages.
Silver: Nivinsure – Developed AI Suraksha, an AI-driven coverage assistant that diminishes claim disputes by 60 percent, hastens settlements, and enhances fraud detection efficacy.
Best Use of AI in Agriculture and Food Security
Gold: Sickle Innovations Private – Crafted an AI optical grading and sorting system for perishable goods, amplifying accuracy to 95 percent, tripling sorting speeds, and cutting labor costs by 40 percent.
Silver: DayaTani Digital – Developed Park Daya, an AI-powered advisory platform that boosts yields by 18-25 percent, while reducing query resolution times to under 10 minutes.
Best Use of AI in Health and Sanitation
Gold: Remidio Innovative Solutions – Enabled immediate and affordable eye screenings through AI, slashing costs by 80 percent, and assisting Kerala in screening 4 lakh rural residents annually to prevent avoidable blindness.
Silver: Singapore Smart Tech – Utilized AI-driven analytics to enhance orthodontic product design, reducing defects by 35 percent while improving supply chain accuracy.
Special Recognitions
Young Innovators Award: Sudhanshu Yadav – Designed an AI learning assistant that delivers personalized guidance to empower students in mastering new skills.
Women Innovators Award: Patenti Technology Solutions – Created an AI-driven IP analysis engine that halves analysis time and improves SCP detection precision to 91 percent, democratizing IP intelligence for both innovators and enterprises.
Technology as a Force for Good
The Mint’s All About AI Tech for Good Awards and Summit 2025 stands as a testament to innovation, empathy, and ethical responsibility, illustrating how technology can serve as a potent catalyst for positive transformation.
As the evening drew to a close, the resounding message emphasized that the future of AI rests in its capacity to benefit humanity and foster a more inclusive, sustainable, and prosperous global community.
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