Action For India

AFI Forum
Our annual event, the AFI Forum, will bring together India icons, successful social and technology entrepreneurs, technology companies, donors, investors and representatives of government agencies, with the goal of helping AFI Fellows scale their organizations. AFI Fellows will be exposed to:
Ideas, information and inspiration provided by icons such as Sam Pitroda as well as successful social entrepreneurs
Financial, governmental, human and intellectual capital resources
AFI Mentors who can provide busss process advice and make long term commitments to help them scaleine
AFI Partners that can offer technology products and services
The AFI Forum will be organized in New Delhi in January, 2012, in collaboration with Pan IIT and the Deshpande Foundation.

Customized technology advisory and services support

This program will help AFI Fellows assess their technology needs, identify technology solutions and get assistance in implementing the technology to scale their impact. Under the program, AFI Fellows will:

Be paired with AFI Mentors who will assess their technology and business processes and propose solutions
Get access to AFI Partners who offer standard off-the-shelf products, customised services and/or advice at subsidized rates or free of cost
Work with AFI Mentors to train and support their staff in implementing the technology solution

Shared technology infrastructure support

AFI Mentors will work with Fellows to identify common technology needs. Through partnerships with technology companies, AFI will provide affordable, SaaS/cloud-hosted solutions that benefit clusters of AFI Fellows facing similar issues. AFI Mentors will train and support AFI Fellows and their staff to adopt and integrate the technology into the organization’s systems and processes.