BharatGen

June 3, 2025

Recently, the Union Minister launched Bharat Gen Multimodal LLM at BharatGen Summit.

About BharatGen:

  • It is India’s first-of-its-kind, indigenously developed, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based, government-funded, Multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) for Indian languages.
  • It is developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and implemented through TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay.
  • BharatGen aims to revolutionize AI development across India’s linguistic and cultural spectrum.
  • The initiative is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and brings together a robust consortium of leading academic institutions, experts, and innovators.
  • The platform integrates text, speech and image modalities, offering seamless AI solutions in 22 Indian languages.
  • This initiative will empower critical sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture, and governance, delivering region-specific AI solutions that understand and serve every Indian.
  • The BharatGen initiative is being executed through a network of 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs), four of which have been upgraded to Technology Translational Research Parks (TTRPs).
  • The Mission’s four pillars include technology development, entrepreneurship, human resource development, and international collaboration.
  • Key features of  BharatGen:
    • Multilingual and multimodal models
    • Bhartiya dataset-based training
    • Open-source platform
    • Generative AI research ecosystem in India.

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