Yashoda AI is Launched by NCW to Enhance Women’s AI and Cybersecurity Skills

At Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, the National Commission for Women (NCW) launched ‘Yashoda AI: Your AI SAKHI’ on May 22, 2025. It is designed to increase women’s knowledge of AI, cybersecurity and digital safety in both rural and semi-urban locations. NCW, together with Future Shift Labs, is supporting women to play a leadership role in the digital age, working to close the gap in digital access for them and ensuring women are safe from crimes and privacy threats.

Context:

The Yashoda AI initiative of the NCW gives women the training they need in AI and cybersecurity to help them lead and be secure online. It brings us closer to digital growth that includes everyone and closes the gender gap in technology.

Key Points

• Groups and organizations responsible for putting the event together are called Launch and Organizers.

• On May 22, 2025, the college took off at the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

• The event was organized together by the National Center for Women (NCW) and Future Shift Labs (FSL).

Aim and objectives

• Teach women to use AI, cybersecurity, and improve their online safety.

• Teach vulnerable women about AI and cybersecurity risk

• Support women’s roles in managing digital education and safety work.

• Include women who work, learn, or teach, as well as members of the police force, in community learning events.

Key Features:

• Workshops cover problems related to AI-driven crimes and the security of our digital lives

• Try to learn practical methods for securing your activities online and offline.

• Both communities and a mix of disciplines play a leading role in this type of education

Significance:

• Levels the playing field by including women in India’s digital sector

• Helps women understand how to defend themselves and the people around them against dangers on the internet

• Helps India achieve its goal of a modern, all-inclusive digital future (Viksit Bharat)

• Helps women become active contributors, inventors, and directors in technology.

Conclusion

The launch of Yashoda AI by NCW is an important move to help Indian women as the country’s digital world transforms. With an emphasis on AI literacy, cybersecurity, and digital safety, the program aims to close the gender digital divide and grow a safer and more inclusive internet. If women learn these critical skills, they can lead, invent new things, and protect the community in today’s technology world, which will help India reach its goal of technological advancement and equality.