India Is Teaching Google How AI In Education Can Scale

AI education India is transforming 247 million students' learning experiences. Discover how Google's Gemini adapts to real-world classroom challenges.
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India Is Teaching Google How AI In Education Can Scale
AI Education India: How Classrooms Are Scaling Smarter Learning How is AI actually working in real classrooms across India? The answer is reshaping global education technology. With 247 million students navigating diverse curricula and connectivity challenges, India has become the world's most demanding testing ground for classroom AI—teaching Silicon Valley giants like Google that scaling intelligent tools requires more than technical brilliance. It demands cultural fluency, offline resilience, and teacher-first design. Credit: Google Google's vice president for education, Chris Phillips, confirmed this shift during the company's AI for Learning Forum in New Delhi this week. India now drives the highest global usage of Gemini for learning purposes, not because of perfect infrastructure, but precisely because of its constraints. When AI tools survive India's fragmented curricula, intermittent connectivity, and multilingual classrooms, they're battle-tested for anywher…