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Indian Tutors Teach AI Basics to Small Business Owners
In India, tutors like Keshev Dutt and Bisma Wani are teaching small business owners and students how to use artificial intelligence (AI) for their everyday tasks.
They offer affordable classes on platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Zoom.
Dutt teaches how to use AI in Excel to manage inventories, create invoices, and analyze sales.
Wani helps students use AI tools like ChatGPT and Canva to create designs, write content, and automate their work.
These classes are popular because they are cheap and practical, helping people improve their businesses and find more work.
The Indian government is also promoting AI education, but these informal tutors fill a important gap by making AI accessible to those who can't afford formal courses.
Students like Aditi Thapa and Farid Ahmed have seen their incomes and business profits increase after taking these classes.
Indian tutors Keshev Dutt and Bisma Wani offer affordable AI classes to small business owners and students.
Dutt teaches AI in Excel for inventory management, invoicing, and sales analysis, while Wani focuses on AI tools like ChatGPT and Canva for freelancers.
Classes are held on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Zoom, costing between $6 and $30, and have seen high demand from regions like Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
The Indian government and private initiatives are also promoting AI literacy, but informal tutors fill a critical gap for those who can't afford formal courses.
Students report increased income and business efficiency after taking these AI tutorials.
- Who
- Indian tutors Keshev Dutt and Bisma Wani
- What
- Teaching AI basics to small business owners and students
- Where
- Jalandhar and Srinagar, India, with students from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and other regions
- When
- Classes ongoing, started in March 2024
- Why
- To help small business owners and freelancers use AI for their businesses and improve their digital skills
Key facts
- Tutors
- Keshev Dutt, Bisma Wani
- Locations
- Jalandhar, Srinagar
- Students
- Small business owners, students, freelancers
- Cost
- $6-$30 per course
- Tools Taught
- AI in Excel, ChatGPT, Canva, Adobe Express AI, Midjourney
- Duration
- 3 months (Dutt), 1 hour per session (Wani)
- Government Initiative
- Yuva AI for All program
- Market Forecast
- India's edtech market to reach $29 billion by 2030
Quotes
Keshev Dutt
A 28-year-old tutor teaching AI in Excel to small business owners in Bangladesh and Nepal.
“The biggest misconception is that small business owners in developing countries will be the last to adopt AI. I’m seeing the opposite. They are adopting it first because for them, even a small improvement in efficiency makes a big difference.”
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“Most of my students run small shops, garment stores, tire repair units, beauty salons. They tell me, ‘We don’t want to learn AI for big tech jobs; we want to use it to run our business better.’”
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Bisma Wani
A 27-year-old tutor offering AI classes for freelancers seeking remote work.
“They’re not trying to become data scientists. They just want to become better digital workers.”
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Anirudh Govind
An AI researcher and consultant based in Bengaluru.
“People assume AI education must look like a computer science degree, but most small business owners and freelancers need only 5% of that – the part that saves time or brings revenue. These low-cost tutors are making AI less intimidating and more practical. It suggests that AI adoption in developing economies is happening bottom-up, not top-down.”
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Aditi Thapa
A 24-year-old freelance content creator and designer based in Nepal.
“I went from earning $70 a month to $250. I didn’t need a big AI course. I just needed someone to teach me what would get me jobs.”
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Farid Ahmed
A 38-year-old stationery shop owner in Dhaka who took one of Dutt’s tutorials.
“My profits have increased.”
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Sources
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