Saina Human AI Launches KFSI to Expand AI Education in Keralam

Saina Human AI Pvt. Ltd. has launched the Keralam Future Skills Initiative (KFSI), an AI education programme aimed at building AI-related skills across multiple disciplines. It is the AI education and technology arm of Saina Infotainments Pvt. Ltd., a media company with more than four decades of operations in the Malayalam entertainment industry. The announcement was made during the Let's Talk AI Inaugural Summit, held at KINFRA Hi-Tech Park, Kalamassery, Kochi. The company described the event as India's first public AI literacy summit aligned with a state-level AI ministry mandate. The summit was inaugurated by P.K. Kunhalikutty, Keralam's Minister for Industries, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, whose portfolio includes the state's cabinet-level Artificial Intelligence ministry announced earlier this year. Shri V.E. Abdul Gafoor, Minister for Fisheries, also attended the event. According to the company, the summit brought together around 500 participants from all 14 districts of Keralam, including students, educators, MSME owners, professionals and government officials. AI Education Programme Announced The company said the Keralam Future Skills Initiative (KFSI) will serve as its flagship AI education programme and initially comprise three specialised schools focused on Sales and Revenue Intelligence, Digital Marketing and Growth, and Content and Creative Media. Aashiq Bava, Director of Saina Human AI and Chief Executive Officer of Saina Group, said the initiative is intended to equip students with practical AI skills across business and creative domains. Alongside KFSI, the company also launched The AI Filmmaker and Income Diploma, a four-month cohort-based programme. The course will be offered in Kochi with 25 seats per batch and is priced at ₹75,000 plus GST. Malayalam AI Models Speaking at the summit, Bilal Navadh, Chief Executive Officer of Saina Human AI, said the company is exploring participation in developing Malayalam language AI models. "We are exploring participation as a principal in Malayalam AI model development and are also in talks with companies that are training AI models," Navadh said. He added that the group's catalogue of films and music could be used as an authenticated Malayalam-language dataset for AI training. The day-long summit featured three panel discussions covering AI's impact on education, business adoption and AI product development. The sessions included speakers from the technology, education and startup ecosystem discussing AI adoption in learning, enterprise applications and building AI-powered products. According to the company, it owns intellectual property rights to more than 700 feature films and over 3,500 music tracks, which it plans to use as training data for AI applications. The group also operates the Saina Play OTT platform and a network of YouTube channels with a combined subscriber base of more than 30 million.