# IIT Madras Pravartak launches free skill courses for Class 7 to 12 students 2026-11-11T09:17:22+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets IIT Madras Pravartak, in collaboration with BodhBridge Education, has launched free online live training programmes in AI, EV technology, entrepreneurship, and design thinking for school students in classes 7 to 12. Registrations are open for the November 2026 to January 2027 cycle on the portal bodhbridge.iitmpravartak.org.in. The courses, taught by experts from IIT Madras alumni, the start-up ecosystem, and industry, combine live sessions, case studies, and hands-on activities. More than 45,000 teachers have already benefited from these free training programmes, according to IIT Madras Pravartak. An optional certification from the institute is available. Separate programmes for educators cover career counselling, leadership, and classroom management. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report the same factual launch of IIT Madras Pravartak's free online skill courses for Class 7 to 12 students and educators, with near-identical details on topics, eligibility, registration period, and the 45,000-teacher benefit figure. The Indian Express version is slightly tighter, attributing all claims to the institute, while Times Now adds a direct quote from a Pravartak manager and a brief author bio. The coverage is uniform straight reporting: neither outlet imposes a political or ideological slant on this education initiative. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Straight news report, no political slant observed. - indianexpress.com (neutral report) Factual wire-style account, all claims attributed to institute. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: AI, BodhBridge Education, entrepreneurship, EV technology, IIT Madras, IIT Madras Pravartak Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iit-madras-pravartak-launches-free-skill-courses-for-class-7-to-12-students/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iit-madras-pravartak-launches-free-skill-courses-for-class-7-to-12-students/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/