Green Skills & AI Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad to Open by August
The Telangana government, in collaboration with Microsoft, the 1M1B Foundation, and the MeitY Startup Hub, is establishing a Green Skills & Applied AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Hyderabad. The facility will focus on 'green pharma'—sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing—and is expected to become operational by August.
According to the Telangana IT Department, the CoE aims to equip youth with future-ready skills at the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainable manufacturing. It will create a talent pipeline for the rapidly evolving green economy and AI-driven industrial ecosystem.
The announcement comes amid Telangana's broader goal of facilitating over five lakh jobs across the life sciences ecosystem. The CoE will help build the AI-enabled workforce needed to accelerate this transformation, the department said on Thursday after a team briefed IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu.
This Hyderabad centre is one of five such facilities being set up across India by the 1M1B Foundation and Microsoft in partnership with the MeitY Startup Hub. The other locations include Bengaluru, Lucknow, Noida, and Shillong. These centres are part of a national initiative aiming to engage 1,00,000 youth in applied AI and green skills by 2030, while creating pathways to 50,000 jobs, internships, apprenticeships, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
The initiative aligns with Telangana's Next-Generation Life Sciences Policy 2026–30 and the state's vision for a Green Pharma City. This project aims to position Telangana as a global hub for sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing through clean technologies, innovation, and advanced manufacturing.
“As AI reshapes industries and sustainability becomes a global imperative, we must equip our young people with the skills to lead these transformations. This Centre of Excellence reflects our commitment to building a future-ready workforce that will drive the next phase of growth in life sciences and advanced manufacturing,” Mr. Sridhar Babu said.
