Shilpi Agarwal

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ABOUT SHILPI AGARWAL

Shilpi Agarwal is an international award-winning AI ethics leader and the Women in AI Champion for North America (2025). She has been recognized as one of ASU+GSV’s Women Leading the AI Revolution in Education, named among the Top 100 Global Leaders in Data & Analytics by Corinium, a Forbes 50 > 50 Impact Nominee and is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award.She is the Founder and CEO of the DataEthics4All Foundation, a global organization advancing AI education, responsible innovation, and ethics, with members across 71 countries. DataEthics4All is a participating organization listed on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s AI Education & Workforce (EDAI) Initiative, aligning its work with national priorities for AI education and workforce readiness. Through its flagship initiative, STEAM in AI, Shilpi leads efforts to prepare the next generation of ethics-first technologists.Under her leadership, DataEthics4All developed one of the earliest plug-and-play, full-year AI ethics curricula for Grades 4–12, designed for seamless adoption by schools, districts, and youth-serving organizations. The curriculum integrates AI literacy, ethics, and real-world applications, enabling educators to deliver standards-aligned instruction without requiring prior AI expertise.Through partnerships with organizations such as Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Shilpi has expanded access to ethics-first AI education for youth from under-resourced communities, with a long-term mission to empower 1 million+ young people worldwide as Ethics-First AI Champions.A trusted voice on responsible and generative AI, Shilpi is a sought-after keynote speaker who has delivered plenary talks and led strategic convenings for the U.S. Military, the California Department of Education, and global forums including SXSW EDU, the ASU+GSV AI Summit, CSTA, and NeurIPS (Women in Machine Learning). She has also participated in strategic discussions with the U.S. Department of Labor on advancing AI education and workforce preparedness.Shilpi is an OpenAI Forum member, serves as a Pie & AI Ambassador with DeepLearning.AI, and has mentored student teams for the MIT $100K Launch Competition. She holds degrees from the National Institute of Technology (Computer Science) and IIT Bombay (Master’s in Design), has served as Adjunct Faculty at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, and is an invitation-only member of the World Economic Forum’s Responsible Use of Technology Initiative.