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2Programming → AI expansion
50+Students taught
3Live student-built projects
DushanbeTajikistan
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Youth in Tech is the first student-run programming and AI club founded at a school in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, by Bahrom Ashurov. What began as a basic coding class grew into an AI curriculum for more than 50 students, and later expanded into Peshraft, a volunteer organization where students design and build working software that addresses real national and international problems — including tools tackling ocean plastic pollution, near-Earth object tracking, and glacier retreat visualization. The club's founder also works on emaktab.tj, an education platform supported by the Tajik government and UNESCO. Youth in Tech is now working toward one of the first AI prototypes to originate in Tajikistan.
Key facts
- Founder: Bahrom Ashurov
- Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Founded as: The first programming club at the founder's school
- Growth: Expanded to 50+ students, curriculum grew from basic programming into applied AI
- Spinoff: Peshraft — a volunteer organization for student-built, real-world projects
- Shipped projects: The Gyre (ocean plastic), Impact Horizon (solar system / NEO tracker), Calving Horizon (glacier retreat)
- Related work: emaktab.tj, an education platform supported by the Tajik government and UNESCO
- Current goal: Building one of the first AI prototypes to originate in Tajikistan
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For interviews, quotes, or additional material:
Bahrom Ashurov — Founder, Youth in Tech