AIQ Institute

Strands / Fluent stream

1. Foundations and digital self-defence

Know what AI is, use it, and stay safe from what it enables.

The ladder, level by level

The modules listed against each level describe what a provider's curriculum is mapped against. The institute assesses and certifies; it does not teach them.

  1. 1Spark₹299

    Capabilities

    • Explains what a model is and is not, and where it fails
    • Has generated text, images, voice, music and video hands-on
    • Recognises the three common AI-enabled scams

    Modules mapped to this level

    • What AI is and isn't, how models think, limits
    • Generate text, images, voice, music, video hands-on

    Assessment 25 min adaptive live oral and practical with the AI examinerPass mark 70%Validity 24 months

    Sit level 1 in strand 1
  2. 2Torch₹699

    Capabilities

    • Makes a deepfake in class and then detects one
    • Maps own exposure: voice, face, documents, accounts
    • Runs the family and society safety drill

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Make a deepfake in class, then detect one; map your own exposure
    • Scams, phishing, voice-clone fraud; family and society safety drill

    Assessment 45 min practical task in a live sandbox, then a vivaPass mark 70%Validity 24 months

    Sit level 2 in strand 1
  3. 3Beam₹1,499

    Capabilities

    • Hardens devices and accounts for a household or small team
    • Audits what free tools take and switches to safe defaults
    • Teaches the safety drill to others with evidence of uptake

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Privacy hygiene: what free tools take from you; device and account safety

    Assessment 90 min performance exam in a live sandbox plus portfolio reviewPass mark 75%Validity 18 months, annual currency pulse

    Sit level 3 in strand 1
  4. 4Beacon₹3,999

    Capabilities

    • Designs a safety programme for a society, school or office
    • Handles a live incident: voice-clone fraud, leaked documents
    • Publishes guidance others adopt

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Safety programme design (capstone)

    Assessment Portfolio, two-hour defended case, peer panel of twoPass mark 75%Validity 18 months, annual currency pulse

    Sit level 4 in strand 1
  5. 5Luminary₹9,999

    Capabilities

    • Examines candidates at levels 1 to 3
    • Authors drills and item banks for the strand
    • Licensed independent trainer for this strand

    Modules mapped to this level

    • Examiner practicum

    Assessment Panel of three human examiners, teaching demonstration, contribution recordPass mark Panel decisionValidity Annual contribution record

    Sit level 5 in strand 1
  6. 6NovaBy nomination

    Contribution

    Level 6 is the same in every strand: a documented contribution to the strand that others have adopted (a method, tool, dataset, curriculum, standard or published finding), examined by the standards council on nomination by two Luminaries.

    Assessment Standards council review, by nomination onlyValidity Lifetime, listed in the public register

Currency

Levels 3 and 4 need one 20 minute currency pulse a year to stay valid, in this strand as in every other.

Currency pulses and subscriptions · Fees and pass marks for every level