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National AI infrastructure
A source-backed guide to the IndiaAI Mission, including compute, datasets, skilling, startup support, safe AI, and what readers should track next.
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A practical guide to India's AI policy landscape: DPDP, MeitY advisories, responsible AI, sectoral regulation, and how builders should read policy signals.
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A practical career guide for AI jobs in India, covering roles, skills, portfolios, hiring signals, and how students and professionals should prepare.
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A guide to Indic AI in India: Bhashini, AI4Bharat, Sarvam, translation, speech, datasets, and why Indian-language AI is central to adoption.
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A sector-by-sector guide to India's AI startup ecosystem across foundation models, healthcare, fintech, agri, language AI, enterprise software, and infrastructure.
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A practical guide for Indian MSMEs using AI for customer replies, sales, operations, finance, hiring, documents, and local-language workflows.
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In an annual regulatory filing, Oracle disclosed it cut 21,000 jobs (about 13% of its workforce) over 12 months due to 'adoption and deployment of AI technologies,' even as quarterly net income rose 27% year-on-year. The company warned further AI-driven workforce reductions are possible.
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Kapture CX, an India-based verticalized agentic AI platform for enterprise workflows in retail, travel, and BFSI, closed a $10 million pre-Series B round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures — the firm's first-ever AI investment. Kapture has grown revenue 4x since its 2023 Series A and reached profitability.
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We track the documents, not just the commentary: advisories, frameworks, laws, consultations, and public statements that shape AI in India.
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Official AI curriculums: FutureSkills, Google, NASSCOM, IITs.
LinkedIn Learning's AI for HR track covers: using AI to write job descriptions, sourcing passive candidates with AI tools, reducing screening time with automated shortlisting, and predicting candidate success. India's IT and startup hiring teams are already using these workflows. Free 30-day trial available.
NASSCOM's practical guide for Indian HR teams hiring their first AI engineers: what to look for in a data scientist vs ML engineer vs AI researcher, how to evaluate GitHub portfolios, which skills actually matter vs buzzwords, typical salary bands by city (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai), and where to find them (LinkedIn, Kaggle, Unstop, IIT placements).
Tools, APIs & deployment guides for Indian builders.
The Government of India's IndiaAI Mission provides subsidised GPU compute to Indian AI startups, researchers, and institutions through empanelled cloud providers. Apply via the IndiaAI portal. Allocated 10,000+ GPUs specifically for Indian organisations — much cheaper than AWS/GCP for qualifying entities.
Krutrim (by Ola Founder Bhavish Aggarwal) is India's first LLM trained on Indian languages and context. Free API access for developers. Supports Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, and more. Lower latency for Indian users vs US-based models. India-based data residency.
Zero-spam AI career board for India's ecosystem.
LinkedIn India has 15,000+ active AI/ML job listings as of 2026. Filter by 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', or 'Data Science'. Top hiring companies: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Razorpay, Zepto, CRED, PhonePe, and 500+ AI-first startups. Free to apply. Set up job alerts for instant notifications.
India's largest job portal. Search 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning Engineer', 'Data Scientist', or 'NLP Engineer'. 8,000+ verified AI roles updated daily. Naukri's ResdexAI helps recruiters find you — keep your profile updated with AI skills keywords for inbound opportunities.
IndiaAI Mission, compute subsidies, state AI policies.
India's landmark AI Mission approved by Union Cabinet in 2024. Seven pillars: AI Compute Infrastructure (10,000 GPUs), IndiaAI Innovation Centre, IndiaAI Datasets Platform, IndiaAI Application Development, IndiaAI FutureSkills, IndiaAI Startup Financing, and Safe & Trusted AI. Who can apply for what — complete guide.
India's first comprehensive data protection law. Relevant for any AI product collecting personal data. Key obligations: consent, purpose limitation, data minimisation, right to erasure. DPDP Board enforcement starts 2025. This guide covers what Indian AI startups must do to comply before they get a funding round.
Enterprise and MSME AI workflow templates.
Paste this into ChatGPT or Claude with your invoice text: "Analyse the following GST invoice and extract: invoice number, GSTIN of both parties, taxable value, CGST/SGST/IGST amounts, total value, and HSN/SAC codes. Flag any discrepancies or missing required fields. Format as a table." Use case: Accountants, MSMEs reconciling GST filings.
"Draft a formal legal notice in [English/Hindi] for non-payment of ₹[amount] due on [date] by [party name]. Include: reference to the contract/invoice, demand for payment within 15 days, and statement of intent to pursue legal remedy. Indian legal style. Formal but not intimidating." Use case: Freelancers, MSMEs chasing payments.
Filtered news and policy tracking for India.
23 Jun 2026
In an annual regulatory filing, Oracle disclosed it cut 21,000 jobs (about 13% of its workforce) over 12 months due to 'adoption and deployment of AI technologies,' even as quarterly net income rose 27% year-on-year. The company warned further AI-driven workforce reductions are possible.
Kapture CX, an India-based verticalized agentic AI platform for enterprise workflows in retail, travel, and BFSI, closed a $10 million pre-Series B round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures — the firm's first-ever AI investment. Kapture has grown revenue 4x since its 2023 Series A and reached profitability.
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University of AI (universityofai.co.in) is an independent editorial platform for AI in India. We publish original explainers, curated guides, and source-backed summaries across courses, government schemes, jobs, policy updates, startup coverage, and prompt templates. All content is free. It is not a UGC-recognised university; see the About page for details.
No. University of AI is not recognised by India's University Grants Commission (UGC) or similar bodies as a degree-granting university or college. We are an independent editorial platform for AI awareness, explanation, and discovery. We do not award degrees or diplomas. Always confirm eligibility, fees, and accreditation with the institution or employer you use.
The IndiaAI Mission is a Government of India initiative with a Rs 10,372 crore allocation, aimed at building India's AI infrastructure through compute access, datasets platform, application development, future skills, startup financing, safe and trusted AI work, and excellence research centres. Check the official IndiaAI portal for current compute capacity and eligibility.
Free AI courses in India are available from NASSCOM FutureSkills, Google Experience AI, IndiaAI initiatives, IIT Madras programmes, and other trusted providers. University of AI curates and explains them in one place at universityofai.co.in/learn.
Start with the task you need to solve: use Learn for courses, Gov Resources for schemes and compute, AI Careers for job planning, Signals for recent updates, Policy for regulatory context, and Search when you already know the concept, company, or institution you need.
University of AI is designed to update daily through Signals, which fetches recent India AI content from configured trusted sources, skips irrelevant or duplicate-risk items, and publishes accepted updates with links back to primary references.
AI jobs in India span roles such as ML Engineer, AI Product Manager, Data Scientist, NLP Engineer, Prompt Engineer, and AI Researcher. Hiring happens across IT services firms, product companies, startups, and research labs. Check universityofai.co.in/jobs for curated links.
Government of India AI schemes include: IndiaAI Mission compute subsidies for startups, NASSCOM FutureSkills for upskilling, Digital India AI hubs, state-level AI sandboxes (Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana), and DPIIT startup grants. Full details at universityofai.co.in/gov-resources.
Yes. Bharat GPT and Krutrim are among India's leading sovereign AI efforts, and AI4Bharat provides important open-source Indian language models. University of AI tracks these developments at universityofai.co.in/do.
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