Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched AI for India 2.0, a free online training programme on Artificial Intelligence, on the occasion of World Youth Skills’ Day today. It is a joint initiative of Skill India and GUVI, which is an IIT Madras incubated startup tech platform that enables tech learning in vernacular languages. This programme has been curated in nine Indian languages.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Pradhan called for technology courses in Indian languages. He said technology should not be a prisoner of language. He added that this is a good beginning towards dismantling the language barrier in technology education and future-proofing nation's Yuva Shakti, particularly in rural areas. He added that India is a technology-savvy country and the success story in the adoption of digital payments in India is a case in point.