Over 16,000 youth board three day free GenAI course by Great Learning
Bangalore, Jul 18 (INB) Over 16,000 youth enrolled for a three day free skilling programme on GenAI offered by edtech platform Great Learning, the company said on Friday.
Great Learning offered around 45 GenAI Courses, worth Rs 40,000 for free on Great Learning Academy Platform between July 13-15 to commemorate World Youth Skills Day.
“Over 16,000 individuals across India enrolled in 45+ GenAI courses, worth Rs 40,000, offered completely free through Great Learning Academy between July 13 – 15,” Great Leaning said.
While Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi saw the highest participation in the challenge, an impressive 60 per cent of learners came from Tier 2 cities—highlighting the growing momentum for GenAI upskilling beyond metro hubs, the edtech firms said.
“The three-day upskilling sprint witnessed enthusiastic participation from 12,000 students representing over 200 colleges nationwide and 4000 early career professionals.
Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, New Horizon College of Engineering, and PES University, Bangalore secured the top three positions in both the GenAI Super Squad (highest number of unique participants) and GenAI Masterminds (most course completions) categories,
“Gen Z is not just adapting to the AI revolution; they are leading it with passion and purpose. While we did set out to offer free courses, it sparked something bigger, a sense of possibility, of confidence, of being future-ready,” Aparna Mahesh, Chief Marketing Officer, Great Learning, said.
From the enrollment trends, Great Learning observed a strong focus on core GenAI concepts, with Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT, Generative AI for Beginners and ChatGPT for Beginners being the most popular courses during the challenge, followed by ChatGPT for Marketing, ChatGPT for Excel, and Build a Website using ChatGPT.
Some of the other courses that were of interest to students were Data Analytics Using ChatGPT with Excel and Python, ChatGPT for Business Communication and Interview Preparation Using Gemini, the statement said.
Engineering student Harshit Gajendran from New Horizon College of Engineering was the top performer of The Great Learning AI Challenge by completing 45 GenAI courses within just three days.
Bangalore, Jul 18 (INB) Over 16,000 youth enrolled for a three day free skilling programme on GenAI offered by edtech platform Great Learning, the company said on Friday.
Great Learning offered around 45 GenAI Courses, worth Rs 40,000 for free on Great Learning Academy Platform between July 13-15 to commemorate World Youth Skills Day.
“Over 16,000 individuals across India enrolled in 45+ GenAI courses, worth Rs 40,000, offered completely free through Great Learning Academy between July 13 – 15,” Great Leaning said.
While Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi saw the highest participation in the challenge, an impressive 60 per cent of learners came from Tier 2 cities—highlighting the growing momentum for GenAI upskilling beyond metro hubs, the edtech firms said.
“The three-day upskilling sprint witnessed enthusiastic participation from 12,000 students representing over 200 colleges nationwide and 4000 early career professionals.
Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, New Horizon College of Engineering, and PES University, Bangalore secured the top three positions in both the GenAI Super Squad (highest number of unique participants) and GenAI Masterminds (most course completions) categories,
“Gen Z is not just adapting to the AI revolution; they are leading it with passion and purpose. While we did set out to offer free courses, it sparked something bigger, a sense of possibility, of confidence, of being future-ready,” Aparna Mahesh, Chief Marketing Officer, Great Learning, said.
From the enrollment trends, Great Learning observed a strong focus on core GenAI concepts, with Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT, Generative AI for Beginners and ChatGPT for Beginners being the most popular courses during the challenge, followed by ChatGPT for Marketing, ChatGPT for Excel, and Build a Website using ChatGPT.
Some of the other courses that were of interest to students were Data Analytics Using ChatGPT with Excel and Python, ChatGPT for Business Communication and Interview Preparation Using Gemini, the statement said.
Engineering student Harshit Gajendran from New Horizon College of Engineering was the top performer of The Great Learning AI Challenge by completing 45 GenAI courses within just three days.