A two-level Sustainable AI programme for university students — from foundational AI carbon literacy (101) to advanced Sustainable MLOps, Micro Data Centre design, and AI governance disclosure (201). Aligned with IndiaAI Mission and India AI Governance Guidelines 2025.
101: 40 hours. 201: 60 hours including CoE lab sessions. GCF Sustainable AI CoE compute cluster access included. Minimum cohort: 20 students. Delivered in-person, virtual, or hybrid.
AI's carbon, water, and energy footprint — the real numbers. Training vs inference emissions. Why the India AI Governance Guidelines 2025 mandate sustainability. How AI's footprint compares to other IT workloads.
Smaller, contextualised models with RAG vs large foundation models. Model quantisation and distillation. CPU-native inference with Kompact AI (Ziroh Labs / IIT Madras). Hands-on: kgCO₂e measurement with BirchLogic.
Carbon-aware scheduling for AI training. Grid carbon intensity and workload placement. The Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) standard — ISO certified December 2025. IndiaAI Mission's AIKosh dataset sustainability metrics.
Embedding carbon as a first-class metric in ML pipelines. MLflow + BirchLogic integration. Model cards with carbon, bias, and governance disclosure. AI sustainability governance — accountability and reporting.
VigyanLabs IPM+ Micro DC — PUE 1.2 vs India average 1.8. On-premise AI sovereignty and DPDP Act compliance. Capstone: Deploy a real AI workload on the GCF Sustainable AI CoE compute cluster.
Participants who complete this programme receive a GCF Sustainable AI CoE certification — digitally verifiable, recognised by GCF's corporate member network and aligned with India AI Governance Guidelines 2025.
Delivered as part of the SATP university framework or as a standalone university cohort. Pricing is per student, exclusive of GST.
| Minimum Cohort | 20 students per batch |
| Delivery Mode | In-person · Virtual · Hybrid |
| CoE Lab Access (201) | GCF Sustainable AI CoE compute cluster |
| Pathway | 101 required before enrolling in 201 |
| Alignment | IndiaAI Mission · India AI Governance 2025 |
| Delivery Context | SATP Module 2 (AI track) or standalone programme |
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.