Microsoft is starting a new project called Avanta India. Its goal is to teach 2 million people in India how to use artificial intelligence (AI) by 2025. Microsoft's Skills for Jobs programmeme and this programmeme are both in line with Microsoft's standards for responsible AI. India wants to speed up its AI change and give its workers the skills they'll need for future jobs.
India clearly needs people with AI skills; 90% of Indian business leaders say that new hires will need AI skills, but 78% of workers don't have those skills right now. Avanta India wants to close this gap by working on improving the skills of people in smaller cities and rural areas. The goal is to make everyone fluent in AI so that everyone can benefit from growth.
Initiative Components:
- Partnership with the national government and 10 states to train 500,000 students in rural vocational centres in basic and advanced AI skills
- 100,000 young women will receive in-depth AI training from smaller-town higher education institutes.
- AI career awareness for 400,000 students in remote, tribal areas through initiatives like TEALS, Farm Beats, and AI Guidance for Schools
Additional Efforts:
- Help 250,000 government officers gain generative AI knowledge for next-generation citizen services.
- Convene a summit for 2,500 nonprofits to leverage AI in their work, in collaboration with LinkedIn.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated at a conference in Mumbai that he hoped for worldwide agreement on attempts to regulate AI. He underlined the significance of AI technology adoption and its ability to promote economic growth that is distributed equally.
In conclusion, democratising access to AI talents in India is made possible in large part by Microsoft's ADVANTA (I)GE India programme.
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