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Empowering Dreams: AI Skills for Girls – Intel India and KATHA launch AI Data Annotation Program
New Delhi [India], September 30: KATHA, a pioneering non-profit organisation founded in 1989, which works at the intersection of building the joy of reading in children and empowering girls and women, today announced the launch of a transformative AI Data Annotation Course, in collaboration with Intel India. This initiative is a first in India and [...]
New Delhi [India], September 30: KATHA, a pioneering non-profit organisation founded in 1989, which works at the intersection of building the joy of reading in children and empowering girls and women, today announced the launch of a transformative AI Data Annotation Course, in collaboration with Intel India. This initiative is a first in India and is part of Intel’s national Digital Readiness Program Portfolio. AI Data Annotation Course will train 1,000 girls from Delhi’s underserved communities in foundational AI, ethical data practices, and industry-aligned skills in data annotation.
Launched through KATHA’s KITES Labs (KATHA Information Technology & E-Commerce School), the course will bring AI education directly into the lives of 1,000 young girls whose families are often daily wage workers, migrants, or domestic labourers, with limited to no prior access to computers. These girls are first-generation digital learners, many of whom are now dreaming beyond survival—toward careers in design, retail, BPOs, and emerging digital sectors—thanks to the KITES program.
Since its inception in 1995, KITES has positively impacted tens of thousands of young people, utilising technology as a bridge to education, local innovation, and providing economic opportunities through technology. The partnership with Intel marks a pivotal trajectory in KATHA’s journey—where AI becomes the chosen path for girls from underserved communities in Delhi’s Govindpuri, Tughlakabad, and Sangam Vihar neighbourhoods to enter the digital workforce with agency and aspiration.
