The uDaan Telangana programme will train 5,500 students in emerging technology and employability skills across 25 centres under a partnership between the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) and Dell Technologies. The three-month programme was announced after an MoU was formalised at a meeting led by Telangana IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu, according to a report by Deccan Chronicle.
The programme will cover artificial intelligence, cloud computing, electronics manufacturing, emerging technologies and digital skills. It will also include industry exposure and employability training, with the stated aim of creating pathways to employment, apprenticeships and entrepreneurship.
The initiative is designed to reach students while they are still pursuing their education rather than waiting until graduation to begin employment preparation. The programme’s stated progression is from education and skilling to industry exposure, followed by employment, apprenticeship or entrepreneurship.
The partnership also places emphasis on extending training opportunities to students and young people from rural areas of Telangana. The source report did not specify the locations of all 25 centres, the selection criteria for students or the schedule for individual training batches.
TASK and Dell Technologies will implement the Telangana programme with support from FITT–IIT Delhi, Learning Links Foundation and Generation India Foundation. The curriculum is being developed by IIT Delhi, while Dell Technologies is providing technology support. The stated focus is on aligning training with changing industry requirements and improving students’ job-readiness.
For TASK, the partnership forms part of a broader effort to build an industry-linked and outcome-driven skilling ecosystem in the state. The academy said the programme would combine emerging technology skills with 21st-century employability capabilities and an entrepreneurial mindset, moving beyond training numbers towards employment outcomes.
The announcement places the programme within a wider employment challenge for states seeking to connect formal education with technology-sector demand. Training access outside major urban centres is a specific part of the initiative’s stated design, although the supplied report does not provide a rural-urban centre-wise distribution or baseline data on existing access to such courses.
The MoU formalisation brought together senior government officials, TASK leadership, Dell Technologies and programme partners. The next steps are the rollout of the three-month courses across the 25 centres and the delivery of training to the targeted 5,500 students.
