Give AI & Digital Skills to 1000 Deprived Youth

In December 2025, Anudip Foundation, in partnership with DBS Bank India, inaugurated a new DeepTech Training Centre in Airoli, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region — India’s financial and technology capital.

This launch marks a major milestone under our GlobalGiving project, “Give AI & Digital Skills to 1000 Deprived Youth.”

Around the world, the digital economy is expanding rapidly. Yet millions of young people remain excluded — not because of lack of potential, but because of lack of access. For youth from low-income and first-generation learner backgrounds in India, advanced digital and AI training is often financially and geographically out of reach.

This new centre directly addresses that gap.

A Three-Year Commitment to Measurable Impact

The DeepTech Training Centre is part of a three-year initiative to train 2,400 youth across Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, and Chennai, with a targeted placement rate of at least 70%.

By situating the centre within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region — a fast-growing technology and financial ecosystem — the programme strengthens industry linkages and increases access to real employment pipelines.

The objective is simple but powerful:
Equip underserved youth with future-ready digital skills that translate into sustainable livelihoods.

What Makes This Programme Distinct

The DeepTech curriculum focuses on high-demand, non-programming digital technologies alongside:

• AI-enabled tools and digital workflows
  
  
• Communication and workplace readiness
  
  
• Career preparation and soft skills
  
  
• Structured mentoring and career guidance
  
  

Training is delivered through a blended learning model that combines in-person instruction with:

• AI-supported learning tools
  
  
• Gamified digital modules
  
  
• A Moodle-based Learning Management System
  
  
• Standardised third-party assessments conducted by Mettl
  
  

This structured approach ensures that students do not just complete training — they demonstrate measurable job readiness aligned with employer expectations.

From Skills to Sustainable Futures

The programme prepares youth for entry-level technology roles in the rapidly expanding digital economy. For many participants, this will be their first formal employment — a milestone that carries profound personal and social significance.

The impact extends well beyond the individual learner:

• Contributing to household financial stability
  
  
• Supporting siblings’ education
  
  
• Reducing vulnerability to precarious or informal work
  
  
• Building long-term career pathways in technology-enabled sectors
  
  

By equipping youth with industry-aligned digital competencies and workplace readiness, the programme opens doors to dignified, stable employment in growth industries.

During the inauguration, students presented early-stage projects that demonstrated practical, applied learning. Many shared that this was their first exposure to structured digital classrooms, AI-enabled tools, and professional mentorship — experiences that build not only technical capability, but confidence and aspiration.

Why This Matters Globally

As AI reshapes the global workforce, underserved youth risk being left behind without access to digital skills.

Through the “Give AI & Digital Skills to 1000 Deprived Youth” initiative, Anudip Foundation is bridging that divide by expanding access to AI education, strengthening industry linkages, and creating clear pathways to dignified employment.

This DeepTech Centre in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is more than a training space — it is a step toward inclusive participation in the digital economy.

With your support through GlobalGiving, we are enabling not just skills, but long-term opportunity and resilience.