Harnessing AI & Blockchain to Eradicate Poverty and Accelerate the SDGs

Rajiv Jadhav is a powerful voice and advocate for leveraging Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies to tackle one of humanity’s most persistent challenges: poverty. With a focus on practical, scalable solutions aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Rajiv champions a vision where AI-driven insights, combined with blockchain’s transparency and immutability, can revolutionize how aid is delivered, how resources are distributed, and how marginalized communities gain access to identity, finance, and opportunity.

Rajiv brings a unique blend of on-the-ground development experience and technological fluency. He has worked with non-profits, government agencies, and social enterprises to design data-driven interventions for financial inclusion, digital identity for the unbanked, and transparent supply chains for humanitarian aid. He believes that AI must be developed and deployed ethically, with community participation, and that blockchain can ensure the integrity of data used to measure and prove impact. His advocacy centers on turning AI from a tool of the elite into a force that lifts up the most vulnerable — creating a world where technology serves humanity’s highest ideals. At UN Blockchain Week he shares a roadmap for using AI and blockchain to build verifiable, trustworthy systems that finally make the SDGs achievable.