GCF Academy's practitioner-level Sustainable AI certifications — equipping data scientists, ML engineers, AI product managers, Chief AI Officers, and enterprise AI governance teams to build, deploy, and govern carbon-efficient AI systems.
Foundation: 2-day intensive (16hrs) or 4-week virtual. Advanced: 2-day intensive (16hrs), prerequisite: Foundation. Lab sessions using GCF Sustainable AI CoE compute cluster. Minimum cohort: 12 participants. Corporate in-house delivery.
AI's Scope 2 carbon impact. kgCO₂e per inference, per training run, per model version. Tools: CodeCarbon, BirchLogic SustainIT, Carbon Aware SDK. India grid emission factors. Making AI carbon visible in your ML pipeline.
Model selection: when 7B beats 70B. Quantisation, distillation, and pruning. RAG architectures for reduced compute. CPU-native inference with Kompact AI. Edge deployment patterns. AI energy efficiency decision framework.
Carbon-aware scheduling for training and batch inference. Grid carbon intensity data for India. SCI (Software Carbon Intensity) standard — ISO December 2025. Integrating carbon awareness into CI/CD and MLOps.
India AI Governance Guidelines 2025 — sustainability principle compliance. AI model cards: carbon, bias, and governance disclosure. Carbon budgets for AI projects. Board-level AI sustainability reporting. DPDP Act integration.
Organisation-wide Sustainable AI strategy. Sustainable AI CoE design — infrastructure, team, research agenda. BRSR and ESG disclosure for AI operations. Supply chain AI carbon — Scope 3 for AI. Building the case for a Chief AI Sustainability Officer.
Participants who complete this programme receive a GCF Sustainable AI CoE certification — digitally verifiable, recognised by GCF's corporate member and partner network, and aligned with India AI Governance Guidelines 2025 and the IndiaAI Mission's sustainability pillar.
Both Foundation and Advanced are delivered as corporate B2B engagements. Minimum cohort sizes apply. Pricing is per participant, exclusive of GST.
| Batch Size | Minimum 12 · Maximum 25 participants |
| Foundation Format | 2-day intensive or 4-week virtual (8 × 2hr sessions) |
| Advanced Format | 3-day intensive or 6-week virtual (12 × 2hr sessions) |
| CoE Lab Access | Sustainable AI CoE compute cluster (Advanced) |
| Alignment | IndiaAI Mission · India AI Governance Guidelines 2025 |
| Certification | GCF Sustainable AI CoE · Digitally verifiable · Annual renewal |
All GCF Academy training is delivered as institutional B2B engagements. Minimum cohort sizes apply. Contact GCF to discuss scope and scheduling.
GCF Academy programmes are delivered to universities, corporate L&D teams, and professional associations — not as open individual enrolment. Minimum cohort sizes apply.