Strategic overview Our story The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India was launched in 2018 in Mumbai, with NITI Aayog and Reliance Industries as founding partners. Over six years, C4IR India has evolved into the nation’s leading multistakeholder platform, demonstrating impactful solutions for 1.25 million citizens and aiming to reach 10 million over the next five years. As a flagship centre of the World Economic Forum, C4IR India makes the most of India’s unique position as a global technology leader, the world’s fastest-growing economy and a dynamic start-up hub to drive responsible, inclusive adoption of advanced technologies, addressing critical social and economic challenges.Our approach C4IR India’s implementation model follows an hourglass model, an approach designed to drive systemic, scalable impact. This involves constituting multistakeholder communities to promote dialogue on challenges, developing strategic insights, frameworks and toolkits to identify achievable pathways, and piloting solutions that can be scaled through partner ecosystems, ensuring robust feedback and refinement. Our initiatives prioritize collaborative action, drawing insights from real-world pilots to inform policies that facilitate technology-driven solutions aligned with societal needs. Through multistakeholder engagement, C4IR India has forged a network that includes government bodies, industry leaders, start-ups, multilateral organizations, research and academic institutions, and civil society organizations. This diverse coalition brings a range of expertise, enabling us to address complex challenges effectively. Our partnerships with central ministries and state governments, industries and global multilateral agencies have been instrumental in crafting scalable solutions that bridge policy with on-the-ground execution, promoting responsible and inclusive technology adoption in different sectors. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India has been working as a hub for multistakeholder collaboration for the last six years. The centre has engaged nearly 200 institutions, working as a platform for government, industries and other stakeholders to accelerate the journey of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies in India. Reliance, as a founding partner of the centre, is delighted with the successful six- year journey enabling significant impact across agriculture, health and aviation. We are looking forward to our partnership with the centre as it expands into new domains of advanced energy, AI, manufacturing and emerging technologies. Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Over the past six years, C4IR India has emerged as a key hub for multistakeholder collaboration and has improved the lives of 1.25 million citizens through enhanced livelihoods and better access to healthcare. The centre has driven Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies across agriculture, health and aviation, setting a benchmark for transformative progress. As C4IR India continues to expand, it is now focusing on cutting-edge areas such as AI, climate tech, and space tech, with exciting potential for creating lasting value for society. Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India – an Impact Journey 8

C4IR India An Impact Journey 2025