TiE Delhi-NCR hosted the 12th edition of its flagship India Internet Day (IID) event on 25th August. Held under the ‘AI-Powered India: Vision And Reality’ theme, the event saw the participation of industry stakeholders, including start-up founders and investors. 

India Internet Day was as an initiative to nurture an ecosystem where technopreneurs and investors converge to drive the country's tech landscape forward. This year's event aimed at providing a platform to explore the transformative capability of artificial intelligence (AI) for India's growth. 

The lineup of speakers for the event- Priyank Kharge, minister for IT/BT and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj for the Karnataka government, Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of Ola Cabs and Ola Electric, Rana Barua, group CEO of Havas India; Vani Kola – MD, Kalaari Capital ; Alok Mittal, president, TiE Delhi-NCR and co-founder and CEO, Indifi Tech 

Kulmeet Singh Bawa, president and managing director, SAP Indian Subcontinent ;Sangeeta Bavi - executive director, Digital Natives, Microsoft India; Ankur Warikoo, founder, WebVeda ; Anurag Seth, principal AI/ML advisor, AWS India ; Akhil Choudhary, director and CEO, Vaco Binary Semantics ;  Rahul Khanna, managing partner, Trifecta Capital  ;  Priyanka Gill - group co-founder, Good Glamm Group and CEO - Good Media Co 

Peyush Bansal - co-Founder and chief executive and people officer, Lenskart ; Deep Kalra - founder and chairman, MakeMyTrip ; Rajan Anandan - MD, Peak XV Partners and Surge ; Asish Mohapatra - co-founder and CEO, OfBusiness and Oxyzo ; Vibhor Jain – COO and president - Network Governance, ONDC   

Industry leaders gathered together to speak about the exciting world of AI and understand its crucial role in shaping India's future. The focus of the conversations was to unlock the immense possibilities that AI holds for India. Also, select groundbreaking AI start-ups from India got a chance to pitch their tech and disruptive solutions as part of an electrifying showcase at the event.

Vibhor Jain, COO & President - Network Governance, ONDC stated, “ONDC has the potential to have a five-fold increase in the digital consumption of India, taking it to over 350 billion by 2030.” 

Peyush Bansal, Co-Founder & Chief Executive & People Officer, Lenskart said, “AI not just a buzzword, start-ups must use it to build businesses”. 

“For 12 remarkable years, TiE Delhi-NCR’s India Internet Day has been a driving force behind the growth and transformation of India's internet, technology, and entrepreneurship ecosystem. #iDay hosts the entire gamut of internet and mobile industry in India like no other forum," Ms. Geetika Dayal, Executive Director, TiE Delhi-NCR stated.

The Conference was supported by Start-Up India, Havas Media Network India, PeakXV, Microsoft, Vaco Binary Semantics, SAP, AWS, Lufthansa, CRED, STPi and State Govt.of Odisha.