00:00By day, Chandmani Kherkhetta works on her family farm in Jharkhand.
00:14By night, she logs on to label data for artificial intelligence.
00:20At 27, she is part of a growing rural workforce helping train AI systems.
00:28We found that it is a work in the house.
00:33We were taught that we had knowledge about this.
00:37We would think that we would work in a chair.
00:42We were always thinking about this.
00:45We had a computer that was working on the house.
00:52The work includes tagging images, videos and documents used in technologies like driverless
01:07cars.
01:08After learning basic computer skills, Chandmani became the first in her family to do this
01:32kind of work.
01:34Her income helped her complete her studies and support her household.
02:03Across India's villages and small towns, thousands of young women are joining similar
02:08jobs.
02:09They work from home or small offices connected by the internet.
02:14Small towns are places where the cost of living is low.
02:17There is a pool of graduates available and above all they are willing to work from there itself.
02:27So our idea is not to create migration of people from small towns to big cities.
02:34And finally we said that the employment in the hands of a woman is much more impactful socially
02:42compared to men.
02:43Experts say India's AI push is creating new opportunities beyond big cities, bringing
02:49skills, confidence and financial independence for many rural women.
02:54For many rural women.
02:55For many rural women.
03:01For many rural women in the workforce.
03:03For many rural communities.
03:04For many rural women.
03:05For many rural communities.
03:06For many rural white communities.
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