BharatGen:
The Union Minister launched Bharat Gen Multimodal LLM at BharatGen Summit.
- BharatGen 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.
