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India Leads Global GenAI Enrolments On Coursera With SignUps Doubling
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Moneycontrol•16-10-2026, 11:27
India Leads Global GenAI Enrolments On Coursera With SignUps Doubling
- •India leads global enrolments for artificial intelligence and generative AI courses on Coursera, with sign-ups doubling to 12 a minute.
- •Coursera global head of enterprise Anthony Salcito noted that India is a strategic market representing a significant foundation for future AI talent.
- •The combined user base of Coursera and its subsidiary Udemy reaches nearly 65 million users in India, supported by localized geo-pricing that is 40 percent lower than global rates.
- •Coursera is focusing on IT services and skilling existing talent to build forward deployed engineers to meet critical industry demands in AI implementation.
- •The company is preparing to roll out Project Helix globally in the first quarter of 2027 following its acquisition of Udemy.
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India leads global GenAI enrolments on Coursera, with sign-ups doubling to reach an average of 12 registrations per minute.
Coursera applies a geo-pricing model in India that accounts for local purchasing power, setting prices 40 percent lower than the rest of the world.
Project Helix is a newly developed AI-driven skills platform resulting from Coursera and Udemy's combined offerings, designed to assess and verify individual learner capabilities. Although launched in September, Helix will become available globally in the first quarter of 2027.
