The “YUVAi- Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI” programme has been launched by the National e-Governance Division of the Ministry of Electronics & IT of the Government of India. The initiatives intended to close the widening skills gap and prepare the next generation for the digital world.
With the help of YUVAi, students in grades 8 through 12 around the country will get a deeper understanding of AI, acquire AI skills, and be empowered to build and apply AI with a focus on the needs of humans. Additionally, the course provides students with a hands-on learning opportunity to comprehend and recognise how AI technology may solve pressing issues and promote inclusive national growth.
There will be three stages to the programme. Teachers will be chosen to identify kids from their particular schools and provide the organising team with their information during the initial phase. Next, to help registered students comprehend the ideation process, specialists will lead online orientation classes on fundamental AI topics. A 120-second video explaining a suggested AI-enabled solution for any one of the eight core themes will be accepted from students (individually or in teams of two). These themes are: agriculture, healthcare, education, environment and clean energy, transportation, rural development, smart cities, and law and justice.
In the second round, selected students will participate in online deep dive AI training. A three-day in-person boot camp will be planned to offer sufficient coaching and direction from YUVAi trainers. Students will use their newly acquired knowledge to create AI-enabled innovations or projects on any of the eight major themes after the mentorship camps and submit their finished works. The best AI-based solutions will then be revealed and invited to a national presentation and award ceremony.
In its most recent iteration (Responsible AI for Youth), the programme gave a select group of students the chance to visit Gandhinagar, Gujarat, where they may meet the Hon. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, and present their solutions during the Digital India Week 2022. Twenty students from all over the nation had the chance to visit Delhi as part of the programme in order to meet with Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Hon’ble Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Railways, and Communications, and Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship, and to present their work to them.
