Two
mobile learning labs to expand AI education access for government school
students across Delhi-NCR and Haryana
NEW DELHI : Reinforcing its
commitment to India's skill development vision and expanding equitable access
to AI education, Amazon flagged off two AI Skills Vans as part of its Think Big
initiative. These are mobile learning labs designed to bring foundational cloud
computing and AI education directly to government school students and
communities with limited access to emerging technology resources. The vans were
flagged off by Shri Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent
Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for
Education, in New Delhi in the presence of David Zapolsky, Chief
Global Affairs and Legal Officer, Amazon.
The mobile AI Skills
Vans will be deployed across Delhi/NCR and Haryana, helping bridge access gaps
in emerging technology education among government schools. Each van functions
as a fully equipped mobile learning ecosystem delivering interactive,
curriculum-aligned modules that introduces students to cloud technologies, AI
fundamentals, computational thinking, and ethical AI principles, complementing
formal science and technology education.
In 2026, the two
vans are expected to directly engage more than 9,000 students and 100 teachers,
supporting educators in integrating AI concepts into classroom instructions and
building long-term institutional capacity within schools. The teacher training
component is designed to in turn, create a multiplier impact, with trained
educators expected to reach an additional 100,000 additional students over the
next five years through classroom integration, peer learning networks, and
teacher-led technology clubs.
Speaking on the
occasion, Minister Jayant Chaudhary said, “India’s skilling
journey is grounded in the belief that every young learner should have the
tools and opportunities to shape their future. The AI Skills Van exemplifies
this vision by taking foundational AI and cloud education directly to students.
It is encouraging to see industry leaders like Amazon complement national
skilling priorities not only through such initiatives, but also through their
long-term investments in India’s digital and innovation ecosystem. This
initiative supports our national missions, including Skill India and the AI
Mission, by expanding access to future-ready digital skills and ensuring that
no student is left behind as we build a skilled, inclusive and
innovation-driven workforce for the nation.”
David Zapolsky,
Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer, Amazon, said, “India’s leadership in building digital
infrastructure and skilling initiatives for communities at large is creating
unprecedented opportunities for the next generation of innovators. Supporting
the Government's vision of AI inclusion, we have committed to bringing AI
education to 4 million government school students by 2030. Through initiatives
such as the AI Skills Vans, we aim to combine student learning with teacher
capacity building. This reflects our commitment to democratising technology
access and ensuring more young Indians are prepared for an AI-enabled future.”
The initiative,
implemented in partnership with Learning Links Foundation, builds on Amazon’s
global Think Big Spaces program, which delivers hands-on learning through
technology labs, school learning corners, and mobile innovation vans across
multiple countries.
Additionally, Amazon
Web Services (AWS) has trained more than 6.2 million individuals in India in
cloud skills since 2017 through programs such as AWS Skill Builder, AWS
Educate, and AWS re/Start. It also launched the Think Big Spaces program in
2019 to help students in exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) learning pathways. In India, the program has expanded to 67
learning spaces, benefiting over 13,000 students, supporting more than 700
women entrepreneurs, and enabling nutrition support for more than 12,000 public
school students to strengthen learning outcomes. In addition, it works on
renovating school and community infrastructure projects including libraries,
Primary health centres, community parks, water harvesting structures etc.
More recently, at
Smbhav 2025, Amazon announced its planned investment of more than $35 billion
across all businesses in India through 2030, with AI-driven digitization as one
of three strategic pillars, alongside export growth and job creation. As part
of this, Amazon committed to bringing the benefits of AI to 15 million small
businesses and AI education for 4 million government school students by 2030.