AI Centres In Women’s Colleges
AI Centres In Women’s Colleges
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body under the Ministry of Education, grants approval for conducting courses in Technical Education at diploma, undergraduate and post graduate levels to Technical Institutions, Institutions deemed to be Universities and standalone institutions. AICTE regulates and maintains quality of Technical Education in the country. To promote Artificial Intelligence (AI) in technical education, AICTE has introduced core and elective AI courses across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including for non-computer science branches.
To enable upgradation of faculty in these emerging technologies, faculty development programs and workshops on AI have also been initiated. Further, to promote Campus & Student engagement, AICTE conducts Hackathons which facilitate AI awareness, peer learning, and hands-on experience. AICTE also offers meritorious women engineering students scholarships such as PRAGATI and Saraswati, thereby fostering a supportive environment for women in these disciplines.
In addition to the above, MSDE has also launched AI Career for Women Initiative in April 2025 where over a period of two years, training and enabling economic opportunities for 8000 girls would be the focus of the Programme. Further, under the PMKVY 4.0 Scheme of MSDE, gender-wise, job role-wise details of candidates trained/oriented and certified in AI related job roles as on 30.06.2025 are at Annexure-I.
Annexure-I
The gender-wise, job role-wise details of candidates trained/oriented and certified in AI related job roles under PMKVY 4.0 as on 30.06.2025 are as under:
Trained / Oriented
Certified
Job Role Name
Female
Male
Female
Male
AI – Business Intelligence Analyst
1,197
1,534
635
719
AI – Data Architect
893
414
381
131
AI – Data Engineer
529
656
287
256
AI – Data Quality Analyst
4,246
2,913
2,807
1,920
AI – Data Scientist
1,985
1,966
1,327
1,174
AI – Database Administrator
3,450
2,584
1,916
1,500
AI – DevOps Engineer
2,116
2,189
1,706
1,780
AI – Machine Learning Engineer
3,808
3,988
2,849
2,637
AI – Solution Architect
77
164
50
65
AI & ML – Jr. Telecom Data Analyst
84
170
61
119
AI Devices Installation Operator
77
88
46
39
Pharmacovigilance Case- Processing (Incidents /adverse event using software including AI tools)
936
520
830
455
Total
19,398
17,186
12,895
10,795
This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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