Jaipur-based edtech venture CODE – Centre for Originality, Design & Expression (CODE Edu) launched its AI-powered creative learning platform EnCODE at the AI Impact Summit 2026 held at Bharat Mandapam. The platform has been positioned as a multidisciplinary education ecosystem designed to integrate creativity and cognitive learning into mainstream higher education.
The launch took place amid broader discussions at the summit on the future of education and the skills required for India’s emerging Orange Economy, where creativity, culture, design and technology increasingly intersect.
As part of the launch, CODE Edu hosted a panel discussion titled “Educating for Viksit Bharat: Why Creativity, Cognition & Culture Matter.” The session brought together leaders from government, academia and the technology ecosystem to deliberate on how India’s education system must evolve to prepare the workforce for a rapidly changing global economy.
The panel featured Piyush Nangru, co-founder of Vedam School of Technology at Sunstone; Satya Narayan Meena, Additional CEO of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM); Gyan Prakash Upadhyay, Director General associated with the Ministry of Power; and Ashish Gupta, Senior Associate Professor at South Asian University. The discussion was moderated by Shweta Choudhary, founder and director of CODE Edu.
During the discussion, panelists emphasized that while artificial intelligence will transform industries and workflows, the next generation of talent will require strong creative, cognitive and interdisciplinary capabilities to remain competitive in the global knowledge economy.
The newly launched EnCODE platform aims to address this shift by embedding creative learning pathways within traditional academic education. Through an AI-enabled learning ecosystem, the platform will offer enrichment courses, minor programmes and specialization tracks across creative domains such as fashion design, textile design, interior design, product design, architecture, graphics, communication design, AVGC-XR, VFX, animation and design thinking.
Unlike conventional edtech platforms that typically focus on individual disciplines, EnCODE is designed to bridge academic silos by enabling students from engineering, business, humanities and science backgrounds to integrate creative and design-driven thinking alongside their primary degrees.
Speaking at the launch, Dr. Shweta Choudhary said the initiative aims to make creative education more accessible across institutions.
“Artificial intelligence will transform how we work, but human intelligence will define how we innovate. Creativity, cognition, culture and collaboration are the capabilities that will shape the workforce of the future. Through EnCODE, we aim to democratize creative education and make design thinking accessible across disciplines and institutions,” she said.
At the summit, CODE Edu also announced partnerships with Knimbus, Sunstone, CTPL.io (New Age Academy), and Singularis (MEC Connect Oman) to expand interdisciplinary learning opportunities and strengthen institutional collaborations.
The platform is also supported by Adobe and the Interaction Design Foundation, enabling learners to access industry-standard creative tools and global design communities.
With its AI-enabled creative pedagogy and multidisciplinary approach, EnCODE aims to help build a future-ready creative workforce aligned with India’s long-term vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, where innovation, creativity and technology play a central role in economic growth.