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Deloitte India’s GenW.AI puts low code AI on a fast track
Made-in-India platform aims to help enterprises build apps and agents at speed.
MUMBAI: Innovation just got a shortcut key. Deloitte India is set to launch GenW.AI, an indigenous, next-generation low-code platform designed to help enterprises rapidly prototype and deploy applications and AI agents, without the usual complexity that slows big ideas down. GenW.AI will make its official debut at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi next week, marking what Deloitte calls a category-first, fully India-built platform that brings low-code development and agentic AI together under one roof.
Built for speed and flexibility, GenW.AI is offered both on-premise and on cloud, giving enterprises full control over their data and intellectual property. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with enterprise technologies and a wide range of large language models, allowing organisations to adapt as sovereign and enterprise-grade AI ecosystems evolve.
At its core, GenW.AI is positioned as a democratiser of innovation. From stitching together data scattered across departments to building workflows, dashboards and explainable AI-driven decision tools, the platform aims to let teams build faster, cheaper and with fewer dependencies on large, bespoke technology programmes.
Deloitte South Asia chief operating officer Nitin Kini said enterprises are increasingly moving away from one-off AI projects towards platforms that allow business and IT teams to co-create safely. He noted that GenW.AI is built for leaders who want speed without sacrificing compliance, data privacy or long-term resilience.
The platform brings together a suite of tools under the GenW.AI umbrella. GenW App Maker enables rapid application development with integrations across databases, APIs and third-party services. GenW Playground focuses on data exploration and dashboard creation without the need for code. GenW RealmAI provides a secure, low-code environment to work with generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, while GenW Agent Builder allows teams to visually create and manage AI agents, from simple chatbots to complex multi-agent systems.
Deloitte India partner and chief disruption officer Jagdish Bhandarkar said the real challenge for enterprises is not whether to adopt low-code or AI, but how to do it with guardrails, scale and speed. He added that GenW.AI is designed to put innovation into the hands of domain experts, enabling them to solve everyday problems while maintaining enterprise-grade oversight.
GenW.AI is built to integrate with enterprise applications and ERPs through pre-built connectors, supports both open-source and enterprise LLMs, and includes security features such as role-based access, encrypted agent-to-agent communication and auditability. Deloitte India has already deployed the platform internally, refining it through real-world use before opening it up to clients.
As enterprises race to turn AI ambition into usable outcomes, Deloitte India’s GenW.AI is positioning itself as a home-grown platform built not just to experiment, but to scale ideas that are ready to work in the real world.
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Ethical AI must benefit society, not dominate it, says WFEB chief Sanjay Pradhan at IAA event
At Mumbai event, ethics expert urges businesses and governments to shape AI responsibly
MUMBAI: Artificial intelligence may be racing ahead at lightning speed, but its direction must still be guided by human conscience. That was the central message delivered by Sanjay Pradhan, president of the World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB), during the latest edition of IAA Conversations held in Mumbai.
The session was organised by the International Advertising Association (IAA) and the Artificial Intelligence Association of India (AIAI) in association with The Free Press Journal at the Free Press House on 7 March. Addressing a packed audience, Pradhan called for stronger ethical leadership to ensure AI remains a tool that benefits humanity rather than one that governs it.
“Artificial intelligence has rapidly become one of the most powerful technologies humanity has created,” Pradhan said. “It is unlocking breakthroughs in medicine, science and creativity at a pace unimaginable just a few years ago.”
But he warned that the same technology carries serious risks. AI, he noted, can amplify disinformation faster than facts can travel, compromise privacy, deepen discrimination and disrupt millions of livelihoods. Referencing concerns raised by AI pioneers such as Geoffrey Hinton, often called the godfather of AI, Pradhan stressed that the real challenge is not whether AI will shape the world, but whether humans will shape it with ethics and wisdom.
Structuring his talk around four guiding questions, why, what, how and who, Pradhan introduced the audience to WFEB’s emerging AI Ethics Partnership, a global platform aimed at advancing responsible artificial intelligence. He outlined four priority concerns that demand urgent attention: disinformation, bias and discrimination, data privacy and job security.
To make the idea of ethical AI easier to grasp, Pradhan offered a simple metaphor. Ethical AI, he said, is like a three layered cake. The outer layer represents the visible value ethical AI creates for businesses and society. The middle layer is organisational culture that moves ethics from written codes to everyday practice. The innermost layer, however, is the most crucial, the conscience of individual leaders.
Drawing from Indian philosophical thought through WFEB co-founder Ravi Shankar, Pradhan noted that while artificial intelligence can reproduce stored knowledge, true intelligence is boundless and rooted in conscience, creativity and compassion. Practices such as breathwork and meditation, he suggested, can help leaders develop the calm clarity needed for ethical decision making.
The event also featured a discussion with Maninder Adityaraj Singh, chief of staff and head of innovation at Rediffusion Brand Solutions Pvt Ltd, and Yash Johri, lawyer, Supreme Court of India.
Opening the session, IAA India chapter president Abhishek Karnani, highlighted the need for industries to understand and engage with AI responsibly.
“AI has to be befriended and understood,” added Rediffusion managing director and AIAI national convenor Sandeep Goyal. “Its ethical use will determine whether it becomes a friend or a foe.”
As AI continues to reshape industries and societies, Pradhan ended with a simple but powerful call to action. Businesses, governments and individuals must work together to ensure that the algorithms shaping the future reflect human values rather than just cold logic.
