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Arihant Chindalia (He / him)

Co-founder & Director, Sustainable Living Lab India

Arihant Chindalia is Co-founder of Sustainable Living Lab India, where he works at the intersection of technology, learning and public-sector innovation.

He has led AI skilling initiatives reaching 4+ million learners across 27+ countries, and works with governments, educational institutions and technology companies including Intel and Meta on AI capacity building, intervention design and responsible AI adoption.

At Sustainable Living Lab, he has led the development of Yukti, a bilingual AI mentor exploring how conversational AI can provide individualized mentorship at scale, and TrueRice, an AI-powered rice quality assessment solution currently being piloted in the field.

His work is driven by a central question: how can AI strengthen human capability safely, responsibly and without adversely affecting the climate? He combines systems thinking, design thinking and product management to turn emerging technologies into practical solutions.

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Yukti: A conversational AI agent for mentorship

Join Apolitical as we interview Arihant Chindalia about Yukti, a bilingual voice AI mentor built by Sustainable Living Lab India to support engineering students across Tamil Nadu. Delivered through Telegram, Yukti walks students through their AI and machine learning projects in Tamil or English, coaching students to build technical skills by engaging them in conversation. See More.