AI by HER: The Impact Challenge for Women in AI

[Ana Isabel]

"AI by HER: The Impact Challenge for Women in AI is a global innovation challenge inviting women technologists to demonstrate AI solutions tackling large scale or novel real-world public challenges. 

This initiative is being implemented in partnership with NITI Aayog- Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

Focused on inclusive innovation and global impact, this initiative promotes gender equity, Global South innovation, and aims to showcase scalable AI-for-good applications at the India-AI Impact Summit to be held in New Delhi, India, in February 2026.

Eligibility 

1. Applicants must:

a) Be women-led teams: the core applying team includes at least one woman as technical lead, product lead, or business lead. They may also be students, associated with Universities, Research Institutions, and Autonomous Bodies focused on research;

b) Be women-led entities: Working Women Professionals - representing Start-ups, Commercial Enterprises, Public Sector Organizations or Non-Profit Entities in a key decision making role and leadership position (CEO, CTO,COO);

c) Have at least two team members who are women and who could represent the shortlisted AI solution during the Summit, presentations, and evaluations;

d) Be building innovative and impactful AI centric solutions addressing real-world challenges.

2. Innovative AI solutions that:

a) are pilot-ready (solutions that are ready for or have completed pilot) or already scaling (solutions with presence in the market);

b) show a working AI prototype or a mature solution;

c) are scalable, broadly deployable, and capable of delivering significant public value across diverse sectors.

3.  Thematic areas: the focus areas of the challenge include Agriculture, Cybersecurity, Safety and Digital Wellbeing, Education, Healthcare, Energy and Climate, and a Wild Card or Open Innovation category.

The thematic areas are indicative, and applicants are encouraged to propose any solution that demonstrates clear societal impact.

Finalists will have access to:

• Global Exposure: Opportunity to present your solution to an audience of leaders and experts at the AI Impact Summit.

• Networking and Mentorship: Opportunity to connect with and receive mentorship, funding and scaling opportunities support from leading investors and ecosystem experts.

• Valuable Resources: Access to potential compute and cloud credits to further develop, deploy and scale your solutions.

Award money shall be credited to the bank account of the registered entity under which the AI solution is registered. If the participating team has not yet registered themselves as a Company or Startup they can still participate. However, they will be required to be registered as a Company or Startup before the Summit to be eligible for receiving the award money.

All award money is subject to applicable taxes and deductions under Indian laws.

The Summit will cover travel and accommodation for up to two members per finalist team (maximum of up to 30 finalist teams in total).

Last date to apply: 30 November 2025, at 11:59 PM (IST)."

For more information please visit 

https://impact.indiaai.gov.in/events/ai-by-her 

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