YEREVAN — This November, TUMO will open its first South Asian center in Mumbai, in partnership with the Shantilal Shanghvi Foundation; the new center will be located in Shikha Academy’s brand-new building, one of India’s most forward-thinking educational institutions; TUMO Mumbai will provide free education in technology and design to up to 1,800 teens each week; “I have no doubt that TUMO can be life-changing for teenagers in India; but this is also a huge learning opportunity for us; the population density, the socio-economic mix, the degree of mobile penetration, and a unique emphasis on national excellence in AI… These are all things we look forward to experiencing and learning from in India,” said Marie Lou Papazian, TUMO CEO; TUMO’s model combines self-learning, hands-on workshops, and learning labs where students personalize their learning journeys while working alongside industry professionals; along with technical knowledge, they develop soft skills that prepare them for the future; before the center’s official launch, Pegor Papazian, TUMO’s Chief Development Officer, and Tom Auger, Senior Software Engineer, piloted TUMO’s new Generative AI workshop with students from Mumbai’s informal settlements; teens explored generative AI through coding, building AI agents, designing websites, and creating visuals and music; this follows TUMO’s ai/teens worldwide conference in March, where future Mumbai staff and students joined their peers from across TUMO centers worldwide to discuss the relationship between artificial intelligence and education; watch the conference at tumo.ai/teens; the launch of TUMO Mumbai strengthens ties between Armenia and India, uniting both nations around shared goals of innovation, digital literacy, and youth empowerment; India now joins TUMO’s international network, with centers in Argentina, France, Portugal, Germany, Albania, and Japan; next up will be centers in Uruguay, the United States, the Netherlands, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.