As part of the government's India AI program, Microsoft will create an AI Center of Excellence and teach 5 lakh Indians.

Through the establishment of an AI Center of Excellence, Microsoft and the Indian government plan to train 500,000 Indians, including students, teachers, developers, government officials, and female entrepreneurs, to utilize AI technologies by the end of the year.Under the India AI initiative, the software giant and the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology inked a Memorandum of Understanding. Microsoft will also establish AI productivity laboratories to provide AI learning courses in 20 National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs)/NIELIT sites spread across 10 states as part of the agreement.

On Wednesday, January 8, during the Microsoft AI tour in New Delhi, CEO Satya Nadella announced the partnership. Additionally, he provided a summary of the three primary AI platforms offered by Microsoft (Copilot, Copilot & AI stack, and Copilot Devices) and their implications for Indian companies.The diffusion rate and acceptance rates are significantly faster, which is the most exciting aspect of visiting India at all. Not much of a difference exists. In terms of how people discuss and use [AI], it doesn't really matter where I am—in Seattle, Palo Alto, Delhi, or Bangalore," Nadella stated during his presentation.