Outlining India's vision, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi prioritises the democratisation of AI to ensure broad access to technology.
Ashwini Vaishnaw Launches India’s Mega AI Drive to Train 10 Lakh Youth
On Tuesday, Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that India has launched a mega Artificial Intelligence (AI) skilling drive to train 10 lakh youth within one year. The programme was inaugurated in Rajasthan during the Regional AI Summit, held in the run-up to the India AI Summit scheduled next month. Vaishnaw emphasised the aim to empower young people with practical AI skills to enhance productivity and everyday applications, particularly for small businesses, and create opportunities for youth across India.
Vaishnaw addressed the summit virtually and said the goal of training 10 lakh youth will be achieved over the next year, adding that, like the fast rollout of 5G and semiconductor talent development, AI skilling work will also proceed at pace.
He noted the summit’s global footprint, having been held previously in the UK, South Korea and France, and highlighted India’s growing AI ecosystem, with around USD 70 billion in investment in AI and data centres, and significant capital flowing into all layers of the AI stack.
Vaishnaw compared AI’s transformative potential to past revolutions such as computers and mobile phones, saying it will become as ubiquitous as electricity, reaching every individual and household.
Outlining India’s vision, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi prioritises the democratisation of AI to ensure broad access to technology. Under the India AI Mission, affordable computing infrastructure is being developed to lower barriers, with 38,000 GPUs already available to students, startups and innovators, Vaishnaw informed.
The minister also cited the Stanford AI Index, placing India among the world’s top three nations in AI development and research.
Source: The Tribune
