India's first private AI university to train 1.5 lakh students monthly in UP

The launch of the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) university in India, located in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, is a significant milestone in both education and technology. The campus is being set up by Chandigarh University and was inaugurated on 26 July, 2025 by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and is meant to offer specific training in AI and related technologies. This university plays a crucial role in the vision of the state to train its young people with the skills in digital advancements and ready them to work in the technologies soon.

As part of an ambitious initiative called AI Pragya, the aim is to train 1.5 lakh individuals per month in the domain of AI, data analytics, machine learning, and cybersecurity, contributing to an overall target of 10 lakh people. The initiative is aimed to reach a broad audience of students and teachers, village leaders, government staff as well as farmers. Backed by global technology giants such as Microsoft, Intel, Google, and Guvi, the mission is to train 1.5 lakh people each month.

AI initiatives in Uttar Pradesh extend beyond education. The government is applying AI in the safety of the people, in the agricultural sector, land, and prison monitoring, or the mining industry. 

To take one example, AI-enabled surveillance cameras and facial recognition systems are improving security in 17 urban jurisdictions, one initiative is scaling smart irrigation and drone-based mapping to 10 lakh farmers (UP-AGRIS). Other beneficiaries include women groups and the farmer organizations who are taking advantage of the digital markets and data-driven practices. 

Land management and mining are also experiencing digital upgrades, with satellite imaging and IoT-powered oversight tools ensuring greater transparency and efficiency. 

The AI university in Unnao is expected to be a center of multidisciplinary and contemporary learning and research. It will provide AI driven learning in areas such as engineering, management, science, liberal arts which are in line with the wider objective of India to boost innovation, employability and digital leadership. The university has smart classrooms, labs, a library, hostels as well as sporting facilities which makes it an example of future-ready education in India.

This progressive move will help in the expansion of employment and will make Uttar Pradesh a budding destination of digital and technical talent towards local and national development.