India to train 10,000 women in AI
Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University partnered with Microsoft to train 10,000 women in AI, an initiative announced at a recent convocation event aimed at broadening the domestic AI talent pool. The scale of the program underscores continued public‑private pushes to expand AI skills access in India. (x.com)
The Maharashtra budget for 2025–26 allotted ₹807 crore to the Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department. (digitallearning.eletsonline.com) Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University held its inaugural convocation on March 21, 2026, with Vice‑President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis among the dignitaries in attendance. (prokerala.com) The state government has publicly flagged an ambition to position Maharashtra as an AI hub and said it is working on a dedicated AI policy while courting global capability centres and data‑centre investments. (inc42.com) RT‑MSSU opened an "AI Living Lab" on February 18, 2026, billed as a facility to help micro, small and medium enterprises adopt AI solutions, with German partners involved in the launch. (indianexpress.com) Microsoft’s Code; Without Barriers programme operates regionally with hackathons, mentorship circles and training modules aimed at increasing women’s participation in cloud and AI fields across the Asia‑Pacific region. (microsoft.com) RT‑MSSU’s public materials cite industry partnerships with organisations including NSDC, Tata Technologies and Persistent Systems and describe an on‑the‑job training and placement cell intended to channel skill‑trained students into employers. (mssu.ac.in)
