BharatGen: First indigenous language AI model launched in India, will translate into 22 languages; communication challenges will be overcome

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched 'Bharat Gen', an indigenous AI model for Indian languages. This model has been developed at IIT Bombay and will play an important role in the linguistic-cultural development of the country.

Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh launched BharatGen, an indigenously developed Artificial Intelligence-based multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) for Indian languages.

Developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems and implemented at IIT Bombay through TIH Foundation for IoT (Internet of Things) and IoE (Internet of Everything), Bharat Gen aims to revolutionise AI development across the linguistic and cultural spectrum of India, Singh said.

The initiative is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and brings together a consortium of leading academic institutions, experts and innovators. Singh said Bharat Gen is a national mission to build AI that is ethical, inclusive, multilingual and deeply rooted in Indian values and ethos.

He said that the platform integrates text, speech and image modalities and provides seamless linguistic AI solutions in 22 Indian languages. This initiative will empower important sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture and governance. It will also provide sector-specific AI solutions that will understand and serve the needs of every Indian.

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