- Published on September 19, 2025
- In AI Features
AI-First Villages: Taking JAN AI to Rural India
JAN AI is on a mission to transform rural India into AI-first villages, ensuring technology empowers farmers, women, and youth at the grassroots.
- By Ankush Das
Artificial intelligence is often hailed as transformative, but its benefits rarely reach rural India. JAN AI wants to change that by building “AI-first villages” across the country. Its focus is inclusivity—uplifting farmers, artisans, and rural entrepreneurs, not just urban innovators.
The initiative aims to bridge the digital divide. It plans to deliver AI literacy in local languages and help people apply it to practical, everyday use. A farmer diagnosing crop disease with an AI app, or a homemaker selling crafts online, are the kinds of outcomes it envisions. The mission is bold: reach 10,000 villages, train 10 million citizens, and enable 100,000 rural AI entrepreneurs.
The vision was laid out by Madan Padaki, managing trustee of JAN AI and head of the Head Held High Founda
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Ankush Das
I am a tech aficionado and a computer science graduate with a keen interest in AI, Coding, Open Source, Global SaaS, and Cloud. Have a tip? Reach out to ankush.das@aimmediahouse.com
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