How India studied on Coursera in 2025

GenAI dominated learning landscape; enrolments tripled in 2025

December 28, 2025 21:18 IST

Three Enrolments Per Minute: Inside India’s 2025 AI Reskilling Revolution

The most popular online course in India in 2025 was ‘AI For Everyone’ from DeepLearning.AI, as the country solidified its position as a global leader in artificial intelligence adoption. New data shared with FE by Coursera, one of the world’s largest massive open online course (MOOC) providers, reveals that India’s 32.8 million registered learners – the platform’s second-largest community – are pivoting towards a digital-first future.

Three enrolments per minute

The momentum behind Generative AI (GenAI) has been picking pace. In 2023, a learner in India enrolled in a GenAI course every three minutes. By 2024, that rate quadrupled to one per minute. In 2025, the demand tripled, with three GenAI enrolments every minute.

“India leads global GenAI learning, with 3.6 million cumulative enrolments, the highest worldwide,” Ashutosh Gupta, MD, India & Asia Pacific, Coursera, told FE. “This represents 107% year-on-year increase. Nearly half of these enrolments come from enterprise learners, signalling that Indian institutions are powering reskilling at scale.”

A generational shift

The data suggests that GenAI adoption in India is largely driven by the mid-career workforce. Gupta said that the millennials are leading the charge, accounting for 53% of those reskilling, followed by Gen Z at 35%. “Gen X (11%) and boomers (1%) represent a smaller fraction of the cohort, while the average learner is currently in their 30s,” he said.

Geographically, the industrial and tech hubs are at the forefront. Maharashtra leads the country with 20% of all GenAI enrolments, followed by Karnataka (14%), Tamil Nadu (11%), Delhi NCR (10%), and Odisha (5%).

Career outcomes

“The urgency to skill up is backed by economic necessity,” Gupta said. “An EY report indicates that GenAI could reshape 38 million jobs and add $1.5 trillion to India’s GDP by 2030. Coursera’s 2025 Learner Outcomes Report confirms that these educational investments are paying off, with 95% of Indian learners reporting a positive career outcome; 55% reporting salary increase after completing their studies; 29% moving to a higher job level; 40% earning a formal career credential; and 98% reporting increased self-confidence.”

Skills of tomorrow

Beyond the top courses, Coursera highlighted ‘Agentic AI’ and ‘Automation Workflows’ as the fastest-growing technical skills. At the same time, ‘human skills’ are seeing equal traction as organisations navigate AI-driven change. The top-developed human skills in 2025 included problem solving (73%), critical thinking (73%), and resilience (72%).