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\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The TechBharat AI Fellowship (Cohort 2)<\/strong> is India\u2019s premier, public-interest artificial intelligence fellowship. Operating out of the AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in Vizag (Visakhapatnam)<\/strong>, this high-stakes residency is designed to transition elite software builders, machine learning researchers, and domain experts away from speculative tech and into building production-ready AI systems that solve real-world public sector challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellows write code and optimize models to address live G2C (Government-to-Citizen)<\/strong> service bottlenecks, localized state-scale data problems, and real-time governance infrastructure challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcc5 Critical Timelines & Logistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Application Status:<\/strong> Open \/ Active Now<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Program Window:<\/strong> 120 Days \/ 17 Weeks intensive physical residency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Venue:<\/strong> In-Person residency at the AI CoE Campus, Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Target Demographic:<\/strong> Limited to a highly selective group of 25 Changemakers<\/strong> nationwide (comprising software builders, ML\/DL researchers, and tech-adjacent domain experts).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f The 6-Phase Fellowship Architecture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    \ud83d\udce5 Fellowship Perks, Stipend, & Compute Sandbox<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    As a government and ecosystem-backed initiative, the fellowship removes all personal financial overhead so builders can maintain focus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Monthly Cash Stipend:<\/strong> \u20b925,000 per month<\/strong> across the program duration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Living Subsidies:<\/strong> Full on-campus food and accommodation expenses<\/strong> are completely covered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Infrastructure Provisioning:<\/strong> Direct, unthrottled access to enterprise-grade GPU clusters<\/strong> alongside a highly secure public-data staging sandbox.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Placement & Scale:<\/strong> Culminates in an elite Demo Week<\/em> to pitch functional pilots directly to senior government policymakers, institutional VCs, and academic leaders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Credentials:<\/strong> Official certification issued by India’s premier public AI Center of Excellence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      \u2696\ufe0f Multi-Stage Selection Pipeline<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Candidates are funneled through a strict 6-step evaluation matrix to test execution velocity under pressure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Initial Profile Application:<\/strong> Detailing technical background and past repositories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Cognitive Assessment:<\/strong> Game-based adaptive aptitude tests evaluating logical pivots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Video Async Screening:<\/strong> Short technical presentation submittals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. The 48-Hour AI Build-a-thon:<\/strong> An intense, weekend-long virtual challenge to construct a working, end-to-end AI application from a raw problem statement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Technical Jury Interview:<\/strong> Alignment check with senior AI scientists and policy veterans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. Cohort Selection:<\/strong> Final onboarding of the top 25 selected fellows.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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