The NITI Frontier Tech Hub has been established to anticipate mega technology shifts and chart India’s readiness to unlock their potential for inclusive growth, supply chain resilience, and national security. The Hub convenes leading experts across government, industry, and academia to assess frontier technologies—such as AI, quantum, and biotechnology—evaluate their opportunities and risks for India, and design strategies to harness them for Viksit Bharat@2047.
Operating Principles of NITI Frontier Technology Hub –
Identify Potential Challenges and Opportunities: Produce comprehensive strategies and policy recommendations to shape India’s frontier tech readiness.
Demonstrate Human Centric Impact: Showcase human centric use of frontier technologies in critical sectors such as health, agriculture, education etc.
Key
Objectives
Scale Through Partnerships: Collaborate with States and Government departments to catalyze R&D and scale deployments. Measure Impact on Economic Growth and Societal Development.
Disseminate Globally for Wider Adoption: Produce comprehensive strategies and policy recommendations to shape India’s frontier tech readiness.
The NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Repository is a curated platform of proven, impact-driven technology use cases that are already solving real problems across the nation. Designed as a living and evolving knowledge commons that captures how frontier technologies—applied with purpose—are transforming lives and livelihoods at scale.
What sets the Repository apart is its emphasis on outcomes, not just innovation. Each entry will highlight:
By weaving these stories through immersive, human-centred narratives, the Repository will make technology accessible and relatable—showcasing how states, startups, and institutions are deploying solutions not for technology’s sake, but to meet pressing social, economic, and environmental needs. The Repository is being developed in partnership with The Better India, and will grow as a community-driven platform. We actively encourage states, startups, and innovators to contribute their tech-for-impact stories, ensuring the Repository continues to expand, inspire, and enable collective learning. Ultimately, the Repository will serve as a national bridge between challenges and solutions—democratizing awareness, enabling cross-learning, and promoting adoption of public-purpose innovation. In doing so, it will accelerate India’s journey toward inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development, while positioning the country as a global hub of tech-for-impact innovation.
Name | Designation | |
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Debjani Ghosh | Chief Architect, Frontier Tech Hub Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog |
debjani.g@gov.in |
Vidushi Chaturvedi | Lead Architect | |
Neeraj Huddar | Lead Architect (Industry Secondment) |
neeraj.huddar@niti.gov.in |
Lt. Colonel Rahul Kher | Lead Architect (Officer on Special Duty) |
rahher.988a@gov.in |
Sachi Chopra | Program Architect (Industry Secondment) |
sachi.chopra@niti.gov.in |
Atharva A. Kadethankar | Consultant Grade-1 | atharva.ak@niti.gov.in |
Simran Kathuria | Consultant Grade-1 | simran.kathuria@niti.gov.in |
Preeti Sharma | Young Professional | preeti.sharma19@niti.gov.in |
Raghuvaryan Sridhar | Young Professional | raghuvaryan95@niti.gov.in |
Darshana Mahesh P | Young Professional | darshana.maheshp@niti.gov.in |