upGrad, Asia's leading higher education and upskilling company, partnered with OpenAI to integrate advanced generative AI capabilities across its learning ecosystem, announced at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. For learners, this means something more practical than a certification: direct access to the same tools reshaping global workplaces.

upGrad is now the first Indian skilling platform to embed OpenAI's latest tools, including ChatGPT, Codex, and the ChatGPT Atlas browser, directly into its learning ecosystem. Students are no longer just reading about generative AI in theory; they are working with it inside their actual coursework.

Learners currently have access to dedicated ChatGPT Foundations certifications that go beyond basic prompting to build deep technical expertise, Engineering and Data Labs with OpenAI Codex running inside upGrad's Data Science and Full-Stack Development programs, and research and workflow automation through ChatGPT Atlas with its native Agent Mode.

Ronnie Screwvala, Co-founder and Chairperson, upGrad, said, "upGrad's collaboration with OpenAI is an important step in making AI skills a core part of India's workforce DNA. Real transformation happens when access meets ambition, and this is about giving our learners direct access to frontier AI tools."

The partnership is part of a broader OpenAI push into Indian education, which also includes collaborations with leading universities and edtech platforms to provide foundational AI and practical ChatGPT courses for students and early-career professionals. upGrad learners today are not just studying AI; they are building with it.