TajRupt is a nongovernmental organization with a mission of empowering the youth to upend Tajikistan’s development trajectory. We bring this mission into reality through two youth hubs: Extracurricular Resource Center (ERC), and tajrupt.ai (TAI). The ERC was launched in 2017 and has been funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, UNICEF, Open Society Foundations, and other institutional donors. TAI was launched in 2019 and is funded by the Islamic Development Bank’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Fund.
extracurricular resource center (erc)
enables high school and university students to develop critical thinking skills and implement social impact projects. To date, 5000 students have completed ERC courses ranging from history and economics, to arts and philosophy. These students have implemented 85 projects impacting thousands of local residents. The latest version of the curriculum is currently being tested with 100 enrolled students.
tajrupt.ai (tai)
is Central Asia’s first artificial intelligence lab with an objective of transforming Tajikistan into a regional hub for machine learning education and entrepreneurship. At TAI, high school and university students have access to a supervised ML curriculum incorporating statistics, calculus, and programming in Python. Additionally, TAI is implementing an applied research project on deploying ML in financial services sector.
