Chatur AI

Despite India’s large youth population, apprenticeship participation remains significantly below potential. While approximately one million apprentices were enrolled under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) in FY 2023–24, estimates suggest that India could support 10–20 million apprentices annually. Key barriers include complex government portals, fragmented workflows, low awareness, limited digital literacy, and heavy dependence on cybercafés or informal intermediaries. For many first-time job seekers and ITI students, completing apprenticeship-related processes—such as registration, profile creation, opportunity discovery, and grievance resolution—is time-consuming and error-prone. These challenges disproportionately affect youth from rural, low-income, and marginalized communities, with women and persons with disabilities (PwDs) facing additional structural, social, and accessibility-related disadvantages. ChaturAI addresses this gap by delivering apprenticeship guidance and task execution through WhatsApp, a channel already widely used by the target population. Using conversational AI and agentic automation, ChaturAI simplifies complex workflows, reduces drop-offs, and enables users to complete key apprenticeship processes end-to-end with minimal external assistance.

RightWalk Foundation is an impact organization working to make education and livelihood systems in India more equitable, with a strong focus on policy implementation and last-mile access. Over the last decade, RightWalk has worked extensively in the Right to Education (RTE) ecosystem, supporting access to quality education for over one million students, enabling approximately 53,000 schools to participate effectively in RTE processes, and facilitating the disbursement of an estimated USD 1.4 billion in public education funding. Building on this experience of navigating complex public systems, RightWalk has expanded its work into India’s apprenticeship and workforce development ecosystem. The organization focuses on reducing structural and digital barriers that prevent youth—particularly those from underserved backgrounds—from accessing apprenticeship opportunities under national schemes such as the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS). RightWalk combines field-level implementation, policy understanding, and technology-led interventions to improve awareness, access, and outcomes in large-scale public programs.