Masters’ Union has opened the doors to its AI labs, technology infrastructure, and faculty expertise for women students, founders, professionals, and innovators at its DLF Cyber Park campus in Gurugram every Saturday and Sunday, at no cost.
The initiative is built on a straightforward premise: the women who will shape India’s AI future are already out there. They are already building, already experimenting, already asking the right questions. The only thing many of them do not have is access to the tools, the infrastructure, and the expertise that make the difference between an idea and a product.
As per a release issued by the institute, it is solving that problem directly. Not symbolically. Not through a lecture series or a one-day workshop. Through real, recurring, hands-on access to the same AI infrastructure and faculty that its own students work with every day.
Sudhanshu Garg, Senior Director at Masters’ Union Makers Lab said “India needs more young women who are confident not just with software, but with a soldering iron, a 3D printer, or a prototype that doesn’t work the first ten times. That culture has to start early, with real access to tools, spaces, and mentors. We’re already seeing women build in consumer products, climate, mobility, robotics, design-led brands and manufacturing. What these ideas need most isn’t just capital or mentorship – it’s somewhere to actually get built. By opening the Makers Lab free on weekends, we want women builders, from students to founders, to have the room to test, fail and try again.”
What the platform provides
Weekend participants will have access to Masters’ Union’s full AI lab infrastructure. The initiative is open to anyone working on a product idea that requires prototyping, fabrication, electronics, robotics, design, testing or iteration. This could include a school innovation project, college product prototype, design-led consumer product, assistive device, smart device, drone or robotic application, packaging innovation, sustainability solution, retail technology product, lifestyle product or an early-stage startup prototype. Participants will also have direct access to Masters’ Union’s faculty and subject matter experts, who can provide guidance that goes beyond what self-directed tutorials can offer.
Who it is for
The platform is open for women entrepreneurs, startup founders, college and school students, designers and independent innovators working on a product idea that requires prototyping, fabrication, electronics, robotics, design, testing or iteration. This could include a school innovation project, college product prototype, design-led consumer product, assistive device, smart device, drone or robotic application, packaging innovation, sustainability solution, retail technology product, lifestyle product or an early-stage startup prototype. No prior AI background or formal technology education is required as the focus is on having an idea to build, test or iterate.
Why this matters for India’s AI ambitions
India has articulated an ambition to become a global AI leader. Achieving that requires investment in the people who will build with it. Women represent half of India’s potential AI talent pool. When the access gap closes, India does not just become more equitable — it becomes more capable.
