AI + KumbhMela, a $2B opportunity
Join us for AI + Kumbh on Saturday, Feb 21 at IIT-Delhi — a lively get-together hosted by during the India AI Impact Summit. Expect sharp conversations, quick demos, and big-picture ideas as folks from IITs, Kumbhathon Foundation, MIT, Harvard, IISc and leading companies swap notes on how AI can transform festivals, public services, and on-the-ground experiences. Location details available to approval delegates.
We’re already gearing up for a digitally supercharged Kumbh in July 2027 — thanks to dynamic leadership in Mumbai under CM Fadnavis and the Kumbh administration in Nasik, the next festival looks ready for the most digital and AI savvy event.
9am: Opening and Introductions
10am: Problem Statements and Solutions Match
1030am: Private Roundtable
12pm: Side bar meetings
1pm: Lunch and Closing Remarks
Hosts:
Dr Nikhil Agarwal, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Prof. Ramesh Raskar, MIT
Dr. Pravin Gedam, Divisional Commissioner of Nashik
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Background Information
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/mit-kumbhathon/overview/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kifnashik/
The Kumbh Mela challenge can be understood through three concentric rings of problems.
Ring 1: Infrastructure and Safety (Out of Scope, leaving to existing security and infrastructure protocols),
Ring 2: Access Services and
Ring 3:Experience Services.
While Ring 1 (infrastructure and security) requires traditional law enforcement and civic resources, Ring 2 and Ring 3 are ripe for agentic transformation because they deal with Coordination Problems, Not Control Problems, Consent-Driven Data Flows, Multi-Stakeholder Orchestration, Privacy-Preserving Aggregation. The agentic approach shifts management from reactive control to anticipatory coordination.
