On the occasion of World Youth Skills' Day on July 15, the Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched AI for India 2.0, a free online training programme on Artificial Intelligence.

The programme which is a joint initiative of Skill India and GUVI is a NCVET and IIT Madras accredited online programme that will equip youth with frontier skills.

GUVI, an IIT Madras incubated startup, is a tech platform that enables tech learning in vernacular languages. This programme has been curated in 9 Indian languages.

Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister 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 language barrier in technology education and future-proofing our Yuva Shakti, particularly those in rural areas.

The Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said that India is a technology-savvy country and the success story in adoption of digital payments in India is a case in point.

He further expressed satisfaction that GUVI has taken this initiative to educate the bottom of the pyramid population in cutting-edge technologies.

He then congratulated for taking up the novel initiative, envisioning easy accessibility of AI learning to every part of the nation, stated an official press release by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.