About DHIRA
Data you can trust.Decisions you can stand behind.
DHIRA is a data and AI company for governments and enterprises. We build Akashic, the platform that makes all your data agree.
- Founded as a data company
- 2018
- National programmes live
- 3
- Your cloud or data centre
- In-country
[01] Why we exist
Fix the data first. Then build AI you can trust.
AI is only as reliable as the data behind it. Dependable data has been our starting point since 2018.
- 01
Bring the records together.
Connect records, documents and streams from every system.
- 02
Build a foundation people trust.
Reconcile records, govern access and trace each record to its source.
- 03
Put intelligence to work.
Build AI on governed data to support the people making decisions.
[02] Our journey
Building since 2018. Live at national scale since 2020.
Each new capability builds on the foundation before it. The national programmes below the line show that work in production.
Ahead
AI with accountability.
Our ambition is to build connected agents on this foundation, with people in control.
- Trusted context
- Ground agents in governed data, shared meaning and traceable sources.
- Scoped action
- Define each task, limit permissions and test the outcome.
- Human authority
- Keep consequential actions reviewable and traceable, with a person accountable for each one.
2018
DHIRA founded
Founded on data engineering, with dependable data as the starting point.
2019
Akashic research
Research and engineering begin on a platform connecting data to insight.
2020
First national-scale system
Our first national-scale system goes live at the end of the year.
2022
Akashic launches
Data Pipelines, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence come together in a cloud-agnostic platform.
2023
National learning programme
The first Akashic project serves a national digital learning programme.
Machine learning
The Machine Learning module launches, taking the platform from analysis to prediction.
2024
Overseas employment programme
The second major Akashic project serves a national overseas employment programme.
Artificial intelligence
AI arrives on Akashic, building on the platform's data foundation.
2025
Master data
Akashic launches the module for consistent records and identities.
Governance and meaning
Data governance launches alongside knowledge and semantic layers.
2026
Documents
Akashic adds unstructured data processing, bringing documents into the data journey.
Hybrid answers
Hybrid answers combine structured records with unstructured information.
Ahead
From answers to accountable action
PreviewOur ambition is AI that works across systems, grounded in trusted context, with clear limits and people in control.
Trusted context
Ground agents in governed data, shared meaning and traceable sources.
Scoped action
Define each task, limit permissions and test the outcome.
Human authority
Keep consequential actions reviewable and traceable, with a person accountable for each one.
2025: two hackathon wins.
Maha Hackathon and Telangana AI Rising.
[03] Our ambition
When public systems work as one, citizens tell their story once.
Our ambition is a shared, governed foundation for public systems in any country. The same engineering connects an enterprise’s customer records, operations and decisions.
- National Learning Platform187 million+ enrolments resolved
- National Immunisation Registry2 billion+ dose records reconciled
- Overseas Employment Registry4 million+ worker clearances reconciled
- Sovereign by design
- Runs in your country, in your cloud or your data centre.
- Proven, then extended
- Every connection starts inside a live programme.
- Better with every join
- Each system joined serves citizens better.
Solid: live programmes in India. Dashed: any jurisdiction.
[04] Leadership
One team builds Akashic and answers for your system.
Data programmes often pass from a platform vendor to an integrator to a support desk. At DHIRA, the same people carry the work from the first architecture decision to production.
The usual route
- Platform vendor
- Integrator
- Support desk
At DHIRA
- First architecture decision

Dilip Hanumara
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Company direction and architecture strategy.

Sirish Simha
Head of Technology
Platform engineering and distributed systems.

Rupa Sridhar
Head of Solutions
Enterprise AI, data systems and solution design.

Rajiv Kumar
Head of Talent and Human Resources
Engineering culture and team development.

Pratheep Menon
Head of Business Development
Strategic partnerships and enterprise relationships.
- In production
Built for
The person on the other side.
A learner finding a course.A worker cleared for a job abroad.Your team making a difficult decision.
The technology can be complex. The experience should be clear.
[05] Life at DHIRA
A team of curious builders.
Different minds, shared ambition. We make complex technology useful, and help each other get better along the way.
What comes next
Show us where your data disagrees. Leave with a clear next step.
Bring a data problem from your systems. We will work through the records and architecture with you.
Our locationsHyderabadBangaloreNew York