AI Powered Odisha

Unlocking AI-Powered Odisha through demonstration of impactful AI bets and institutional strengthening

Why Is It Important?

Officers remain occupied with routine administrative work, limiting time for planning, monitoring, and field action

Citizens face delays and inefficiencies in service delivery due to limited digital and analytical capacity

Without a strong AI ecosystem, the state risks missing opportunities for innovative and scalable solutions

Did you Know?

Odisha is India's first state to launch a cabinet approved State AI policy

The policy established institutional structures to operationalise AI at scale. 65 use cases were scoped through departmental consultations, 95 solutions were demoed, and 21+ AI solutions are now progressing from PoC to pilot and scale.

Program Highlights

AI capacity building

120+ government officials trained to drive AI adoption via live demonstrations and department-level trainings

Use-case pipeline created

21 high-impact AI use cases identified and matched to department needs

Showcase at the India AI Summit

Odisha showcased its AI governance journey at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 through a dedicated pavillion.

Early AI pilots executed

AI tools like Minute-of-Meeting automation and feedback bots piloted across key departments of the state

Our Partners

The team is working with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of Odisha.

Gates Foundation is the funding partners.

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Write to us at: outreach@samagragovernance.in