Amazon on February 18 flagged off two AI Skills Vans in New Delhi, signalling a strategic expansion of its education and skilling footprint in India. The mobile labs were inaugurated by Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (I/C) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and MoS for Education, in the presence of David Zapolsky, Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer, Amazon.
Deployed across Delhi-NCR and Haryana under the Think Big initiative, the vans are designed to deliver curriculum-aligned modules on cloud computing, AI fundamentals, computational thinking and ethical AI to government school students. In 2026, the programme is expected to directly engage over 9,000 students and 100 teachers. The teacher training component is projected to create a multiplier impact, potentially reaching 100,000 additional students over five years through classroom integration and technology clubs.
The initiative, implemented with Learning Links Foundation, builds on Amazon Web Services’ track record of training over 6.2 million individuals in India in cloud skills since 2017. It also aligns with Amazon’s broader commitment announced at Smbhav 2025 to invest more than $35 billion in India by 2030, with AI-led digitisation as a core pillar, alongside export growth and job creation. The company has pledged AI education access to 4 million government school students and AI benefits for 15 million small businesses by 2030.
In Guwahati, such mobile AI labs is viewed as a scalable model for bridging digital skill gaps in Assam. With growing focus on STEM pathways and government school digitisation, similar deployments could strengthen regional capacity-building and attract technology-led partnerships in the Northeast.
