India Scale-Up Summit 2025: An ASPIRE Convening

The India Scale-Up Summit 2025: An ASPIRE Convening is a day-long, immersive experience that brings together leaders from governments, philanthropy, academia, and the civil society to explore pathways for scaling evidence-based programs.  

The Summit is both a celebration of our collective successes and a moment to bring together leaders committed to advancing the next chapter of scaling evidence-based programs. Across 10 power-packed sessions, fireside chats, and an interactive 'ASPIRE Experience Center,' participants will unpack: 

• What does it take to scale through government systems?
• How philanthropy fuels scaling?
• Why is there no one-size-fits-all approach?

Speakers: 

• Noam Angrist, Academic Director, What Works Hub for Global Education; Co-founder, Youth Impact
• Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Pratham
• Vikrant Bhargava, Founder, Veddis Foundation
• Amit Chandra, Managing Director, Bain Capital; Co-founder, ATE Chandra Foundation
• Iqbal Dhaliwal, Global Executive Director, J-PAL
• Vijayalakshmi Iyer, Associate Director - Policy (Scale-Ups); Unit Director - ASPIRE  
• S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics Information and Technology, Government of India
• John Floretta, Global Deputy Executive Director, J-PAL  
• Shankar Maruwada, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, EkStep
• Sunita Menon, Chief Thematic Officer, Breakthrough
• Robyn Mildon, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
• Shobhini Mukerji, Executive Director, J-PAL South Asia
• Mangal Pandey, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Key Education Foundation
• Shagun Sabarwal, Regional Director, Asia, Co-Impact
• Smriti Sharan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
• Murugan Vasudevan, Chief Executive Officer, Veddis Foundation 

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ASPIRE Experience Center

The ASPIRE Experience Center at the Summit was an immersive space designed to give guests a behind-the-scenes-look at some of the seminal projects that have been successful in driving impact at scale. Our guests got to interact with "living books" — people who have worked extensively on these projects — to learn what it truly takes to scale evidence-based programs. 

Together, these scale-ups are reaching more than 26 million people and have unlocked US$425 million in government co-funding. They include: 

• Gender Equity Curriculum
• Targeting the Ultra-Poor
• Emissions Trading Scheme
• Every Child Counts
• Remote Tutoring 

Follow the livestream part 1 and part 2