This fireside chat at the AWS New Delhi Symposium, David Zapolsky, Amazon’s Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer, will underscore the critical synergy between public policy and business growth, noting that Amazon’s $40 billion investment in India since 2010—with another $35 billion committed by 2030—is underpinned by the country's pro-innovation regulatory environment. Highlighting India’s leadership in digital public infrastructure and its unique, simplified approach to data protection, David will argue that the "India model" serves as a global blueprint for balancing responsible AI safety with rapid economic development. He will emphasize that AWS's role extends beyond infrastructure to social impact, having already trained 10 million people in India on cloud skills since 2017, and will call for continued public-private collaboration to ensure AI adoption remains inclusive and development-oriented.

Chris Casey, Director of Partnerships for AWS Asia Pacific and Japan, will be presenting AWS's partnership-driven strategy for scaling India's digital transformation, emphasizing that three-quarters of AWS India Public Sector business flows through partners across five categories: National System Integrators, Global System Integrators, Business Consulting Partners, Technology Partners, and Distribution Partners. The strategy operates through five pillars—AI Everywhere, Cloud Migration and Modernization, Population-Scale Platforms, Mission-Critical Workloads, and Distributor-Led Growth—delivering measurable impact including Rocket Learning reaching 5 million children across 12 states, Prasar Bharati's WAVES platform serving 550 million+ viewers, and Ayushman Bharat connecting 600 million citizens to healthcare services while recovering ₹9.5 crore through AI-powered fraud detection, all supported by AWS's four-dimensional partner investment framework spanning innovation sandbox funding, marketing acceleration, migration support, and growth programs aligned with India's vision of becoming a global AI leader.

The session will highlight how AI is becoming pervasive, impacting every Indian by transforming daily experiences across sectors like finance, healthcare, retail, and public services. It will also showcase how Amazon Web Services is leading from the front, enabling customers to build, innovate, and scale AI solutions that power many of the digital touchpoints shaping everyday life in India.

Warm and natural conversation, not academic, and rooted in stories and real examples. The session will be ‘story first’ to draw out lived experiences and how innovation at scale, powered by cutting-edge technologies, are shaping India’s journey towards a Viksit Bharat. And how AWS contributed to the digital journeys of these three Startups.

The fireside chat will explore how AI is reshaping work by shifting from automation to augmentation, and how enterprises are moving from pilots to strategy-led, responsible adoption. It will focus on the evolving role of leaders, building AI literacy, navigating ambiguity, strengthening ethical governance, and driving trust-led cultural change, while addressing the urgent need for continuous reskilling and human-centric capabilities. The conversation will also cover practical starting points such as identifying high-impact use cases, building strong data foundations, and scaling through iterative pilots, along with common pitfalls to avoid. Overall, the session will look ahead at how AI can unlock human potential, accelerate innovation, and redefine more meaningful work.

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