IIT Madras startup GUVI collaborates with AICTE to offer free python, AI courses to disadvantaged students

The free one million python programming and advanced AI courses can be learned in various vernacular languages such as Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, among others, along with English.  

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad-incubated startup GUVI is partnering with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to offer python and artificial intelligence (AI) upskilling courses free of cost to more than one million socially and economically disadvantaged youngsters in India.  

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched NEAT 3.0 (National Educational Alliance for Technology - AICTE) in New Delhi in an event in which GUVI startup founders also participated. 

The free one million python programming and advanced AI courses can be learned in various vernacular languages such as Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, among others, along with English. Free access to this will be available through the registration process enabled on GUVI official website. The learner can also obtain an IIT Madras certificate on the GUVI python programming course by taking an assessment and paying a nominal fee to IIT Madras. 

The AICTE plans to distribute free edtech coupons to students whose annual family income is less than INR 8 lakh. These coupons will be distributed through the NEAT portal as well as through the GUVI website. 

Arun Prakash, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GUVI, said, “Our aim to bestow the best employable skills on our nation’s youth coincides with the aims of NEAT. Python programming and AI skills offered through this collaboration will be of strong support for the deserving students, helping them to grow in their career.” 

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