OpenAI has announced it is collaborating with a cohort of higher education institutions in India to develop AI-ready talent.
Onboarded as a part of this initiative are the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi; the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) and Pearl Academy.
The initiative will help these institutes integrate campus-wide access to OpenAI’s products and embed AI fluency across various academic workflows for students, faculty, and staff. Together, the initiative is said to support more than 1 lakh students, faculty and staff this year.
For instance, the collaboration with IIT-Delhi includes providing campus-wide access to ChatGPT Edu and integrating its AI-enabled coding platform, Codex, into research and training materials.
“OpenAI-supported hackathons will address national and regional engineering priorities, culminating in OpenAI-IIT Delhi Industry Days that connect student-led innovation with India’s deep-tech, manufacturing, and R&D ecosystem,” stated the report.
With AIIMS New Delhi, OpenAI says it will explore the applied use of AI in medical education, faculty development, and clinical training.
“The collaboration includes the potential establishment of an AI in Medical Education Hub to pilot priority use cases in teaching, simulation, clinical documentation, and evidence synthesis,” said OpenAI.
“The initiative will focus on defining quality benchmarks, safety guardrails, and responsible deployment standards tailored to healthcare education, ensuring AI augments clinical judgment while upholding patient safety and academic integrity,” added the company.
Similarly, OpenAI is said to help other institutions strengthen their AI enablement across the disciplines it offers courses in, and to help both students and staff enhance their academic use cases.
“Additionally, IIM Ahmedabad and Manipal will deploy OpenAI certifications, formalising structured AI capability pathways within business education and multidisciplinary programs, respectively,” said the company.
Raghav Gupta, Head of Education at OpenAI India, said, “Studies project that by 2030, nearly 40% of the core skills workers rely on today will change, driven largely by AI. Yet, a gap remains between what AI tools can do and how people are using them. Education institutions are a critical route to bridge this gap.”
“By embedding AI tools, training, and research into the core infrastructure of schools and universities, they can equip students with the skills needed to thrive in a world with AI,” he added.
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