The Certificate Course on AI for Public Good is an 8-week, live, online programme that explores how Artificial Intelligence and emerging digital technologies are impacting governance, the economy, and society, with real-world impact across sectors.
The course is designed for learners seeking to explore tech adoption and development across sectors, showing how governments, institutions, and citizens can responsibly adopt AI while upholding ethics, inclusion, and accountability.
Through sessions led by policymakers, technologists, and researchers, who are real world AI practitioners, participants will explore the regulatory, ethical, and societal implications of AI while understanding how it is reshaping critical sectors through innovation, inclusion, and efficiency.
The course addresses how AI is transforming critical sectors by enhancing innovation and efficiency, while balancing it with inclusion by confronting the challenges of bias, misinformation, and privacy.
Core Tenets
1
Ethics & Responsible AI Adoption
Understanding ethical principles for AI; focusing on fairness, transparency,
accountability, and inclusion in both design and decision-making.
2
Regulation & Governance
Exploring policy frameworks, regulatory mechanisms, and governance models
that enable safe, transparent, and trustworthy AI deployment fuelling sectoral
innovation and its impact across India.
3
Social & Economic Impact
Examining how AI is shaping labour markets, education, public services,
access, inclusion, and broader societal transitions.
Course Structure
Duration: 8 weekends
Format: Online sessions on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings
Workload: Approximately.3-4 hours per week
Assessment
Short assignments reviewed by mentors, with feedback to deepen conceptual understanding.
Eligibility
Applicants should be pursuing or have completed an undergraduate degree. Open to learners from all academic backgrounds.
Why Join?
- Build a strong foundation in AI policy, ethics, regulation, and impact.
- Learn directly from practitioners shaping AI governance in India and beyond.
- Engage in discussion-based sessions to develop critical and analytical thinking.
- Develop practical skills to evaluate, apply, and contribute to responsible AI policy.
- Forge networks with industry-leaders and like-minded professionals leveraging technology and AI to make a real difference across domains.
Mentors
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Co-founder
DeepTech for Bharat AI4India
AI for Public Good
Rishi Bal
CEO, BharatGen
India's Path to Sovereign AI
Renu Gupta
Partner, Olive Law
AI for Legal Practice
Prakash Jha
Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
AI for Sustainable Agriculture
Amit Chaterjee
Director, Arcon
Cyber Security and Digital Safety in an AI-Driven Worldy
Dr. Omkar Joshi
External Faculty Affiliate Maryland Population Research Center
Sociological Underpinnings of Emerging Technologies
Sayantan Sahu
Research Scientist
University of Maryland
AI for Climate Action
Rohan Angrish
CTO, Capital Float
AI for Financial Inclusion
Piyush Upadhyay
Honorary Professor University of Warwick
AI for Public Health Systems
Pranav Gupta
Ph.D. Candidate
University of California at Berkeley Politics of AI