An inclusive AI learning initiative for India

Let every learner
shape the future.

A public-interest learning initiative conceived to help students across languages, abilities and geographies explore artificial intelligence with confidence — starting where they are.

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A student in a classroom in India
Learn in your languageVoice-first · Multilingual · Local context
தமிழ்
తెలుగు
मराठी
Conceived in collaboration
EkStep Foundation
Jio Platforms

Public purpose meets digital scale.

01 · Our purpose

AI opportunity
should not be decided
by a postcode.

India’s learners are diverse by design.
The learning experience should be too.

Across every languageAcross every distance

This initiative imagines an open pathway into AI for students who are often furthest from emerging technology.

From remote communities and first-generation digital users to students who learn differently, the experience begins with their world — not with the technology.

01
Local firstLanguage, culture and context are built in from the beginning.
02
Access by defaultLearning works across shared, modest and intermittently connected devices.
03
Human alwaysTeachers, families and communities remain at the centre.

A learning future rooted in every community.

02 · Learning possibilities

Designed around real lives,
not ideal conditions.

From a teacher-led classroom to a shared phone at home, each experience adapts to the learner and the moment.

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One device. A circle of curious minds.

Short, collaborative activities help small groups discover how AI sees patterns, makes predictions and sometimes gets things wrong.

  • Works in pairs and small groups
  • Download once, revisit offline
  • Audio guidance in local languages
Students working together in an Indian classroom 02

A co-pilot for every teacher.

Ready-to-use lesson prompts, familiar examples and formative insights can help teachers make AI tangible — without requiring technical expertise.

  • Teacher-led and curriculum-aware
  • Simple progress signals, not surveillance
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Learning travels beyond the school gate.

Facilitated AI clubs at libraries, community centres and local learning hubs can make exploration social, safe and visible.

  • Guided by trusted local facilitators
  • Built around practical community questions
A learner’s first ten minutes

AI begins with a question they already know.

No abstract jargon. No code required. Every journey begins with a familiar idea and builds toward confident, critical use.

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ENGLISH · हिंदी · বাংলা

How might a computer sort these mangoes?

Choose the details you would ask it to notice.

That’s a feature. AI systems learn from details people choose. What could be missed?
03 · Our approach

Build with communities.
Learn in the open.

The initiative is envisioned as a shared public-interest effort: grounded in evidence, shaped by learners and improved with educators.

01

Listen locally

Co-design with students, teachers, families and disability advocates before defining the technology.

02

Test responsibly

Pilot in varied contexts, measure learning value and publish what works — as well as what does not.

03

Scale what serves

Use interoperable digital infrastructure and trusted networks to help proven experiences travel.

Our non-negotiable

Technology must expand learner agency — never replace the relationships, judgment and care that make learning possible.

A school student concentrating on a learning activity
Imagine what becomes possible when curiosity has no boundary.
04 · Our 2030 vision

A generation that doesn’t just use AI — but questions, creates and leads with it.

We imagine every young person in India having a meaningful first encounter with AI: in a language they understand, through examples they recognise and with the confidence to shape technology toward public good.

01

Foundational AI literacy becomes part of every learner’s toolkit.

02

India’s linguistic diversity becomes a strength in the AI era.

03

Young people from every district see themselves as creators.

Our shared north star
“The future of AI in India should be written by all of India.”
Project status · Concept stage

We are preparing the ground.

This website introduces the initiative’s intended direction. Future updates will share pilot learnings, participation pathways and public resources as they become available.

No enrolment No learner accounts No data collection