Delhi: Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched AI for India 2.0, a free online training program on Artificial Intelligence, today on World Youth Skills Day. A joint initiative of Skill India and GUVI, this NCVET and IIT Madras accredited online program will equip youth with frontier skills.
GUVI, an IIT Madras incubated startup is a tech platform that enables tech learning in vernacular languages.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pradhan said that technology should not be a prisoner of language and called for technology courses in more Indian languages. He added that this is a good beginning towards dismantling the language barrier in technology education and future-proofing our Yuva Shakti, particularly those in rural areas.
He added that India is a technology-savvy country and the success story in the adoption of digital payments in India is a case in point. He expressed satisfaction that GUVI has taken this initiative to educate the bottom-of-the-pyramid population in cutting-edge technologies. This program has been curated in 9 Indian languages.
Shri Pradhan warmly congratulated the novel initiative, envisioning easy accessibility of AI learning to every part of the nation.
