BharatGen aims to revolutionise AI development across India’s linguistic & cultural spectrum –

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today launched ‘Bharat Gen’ – India’ s first of its kind Indigenously developed government funded AI based Multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) for Indian Languages at BharatGen Summit in New Delhi. 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.Speaking at the Summit, Dr. Singh, described BharatGen as a national mission to create AI that is ethical, inclusive, multilingual, and deeply rooted in Indian values and ethos. The platform integrates text, speech, and image modalities, offering seamless AI solutions in 22 Indian languages. He said that 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 Minister said that AI doctors speaking in regional languages have revolutionized telemedicine in remote villages.