Context: YUVAi-Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI’ is set to be prominently featured at the upcoming Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit.
About YUVAi
- It is a collaborative initiative of the National e-Governance Division – Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Intel India.
- It is designed to equip the youth with essential AI skills and commitment to enabling a future-ready workforce.
Features of the YUVAi Scheme
- Launch year: 2020
- Aims:
- Skills: Bridging skills gap,
- Digital literacy: build digital readiness among the next generation, and
- Inclusivity: continue the momentum of the inclusive and collaborative AI Skilling program.
About GPAI: It is a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities.
Members: Congregation of 25 member countries, including the US, the UK, EU, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore
Objectives:
- To promote responsible evolution of AI
- Guide the responsible development and
- Use of AI, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and economic growth.
India and GPAI: India had in 2020 joined the group as a founding member. |
- ‘YUVAi’ will help foster a deeper understanding of AI, equip school students from classes 8th to 12th across the nation with AI skills, and empower them to become human-centric designers and users of AI.
Objectives of the YUVAi Scheme
The objectives of YUVAi are to:
- Foster a deeper understanding of AI-tech and social skills
- Enable youth to develop AI-enabled solutions as a sign of achievement
- Empower youth to become human-centric designers and users of AI.
Various thematic areas:
Students will be encouraged to submit ideas (individually or in teams of 2) through a 120-second video explaining a proposed AI-enabled solution for any one of the eight core themes:
- Krishi – AI in Agriculture
- Aarogya – AI in Healthcare
- Shiksha – AI in Education
- Paryavaran – AI in environment & clean energy
- Parivahan – AI in transportation
- Grameen Vikas – AI for Rural Development
- AI for Smart Cities
- Vidhi aur Nyaay – AI in Law & Justice
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