AI for Youth – YUVAi- Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI

AI for Youth – YUVAi- Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI

About AI for Youth – YUVAi- Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming a part of all our lives, yet the number of people who understand AI as a technology is limited. With an aim to address this growing skills gap, build digital readiness among the next-generation, and continue the momentum of the inclusive and collaborative AI Skilling program initiated in 2020, National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India, has launched the innovation challenge every youngster was waiting for, the ‘YUVAi- Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI’ program.

As students today will be the change makers of tomorrow, we need to empower them with the tools, resources and opportunities to learn new skills and prepare for the future workforce. A skilled and competent workforce is the foundation for the growth of any nation and industry in the digital era. An AI-driven economy requires a new and inclusive approach to build capacities of our youth.

‘YUVAi’ is aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of AI, to equip school students from classes 8th to 12th across the nation with AI skills, and empower them to become human-centric designers and users of AI. The program offers an applied learning experience for students to understand and identify how AI technology can be used to tackle critical problems and lead to inclusive development of the nation.

The program in its last iteration (Responsible AI for Youth) offered select students, the opportunity to travel to Gandhinagar, Gujarat to interact with and showcase their solutions to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Digital India Week 2022. As a part of the program, 20 students from all across the country also got the opportunity to travel to Delhi to interact with and present their work to Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Railways and Communications and Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics and IT and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

If you are a school student studying in classes 8 to 12, excited to broaden your understanding of AI technology and get a chance to learn with the brightest minds from across the country, register for the ‘YUVAi: Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI’ program.

The objectives of YUVAi are to :

* Foster a deeper understanding of AI-tech and social skills
* Enable youth to develop AI-enabled solutions as a sign of achievement
* Empower youth to become human-centric designers and users of AI

Pre-requisites

The learning path for AI ideation and development may seem steep and complex, but good news, there are no pre-requisites!

The ‘YUVAi’ Program, through its mentors and coaches, takes you by the hand and walks you through each part of the process step-by-step, so that you can learn about AI without any prior knowledge or experience.

An inquisitive mind is all you need to begin your AI journey!

For more details refer the Official Website

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