BharatGen is a pioneering initiative in generative AI designed to revolutionize public service delivery and boost citizen engagement through developing a suite of foundational models in language, speech and computer vision.
- It was inaugurated by Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh.
- Spearheaded by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the initiative will create generative AI systems that can generate high-quality text and multimodal content in various Indian languages.
- BharatGen will deliver generative AI models and their applications as a public good by prioritizing India’s socio-cultural and linguistic diversity.
- It strives to address India’s broader needs such as social equity, cultural preservation, and linguistic diversity, while ensuring that generative AI reaches all segments of society.
- The four key distinguishing features of BharatGen are the multilingual and multimodal nature of foundation models; Bhartiya data set based building, and training; open-source platform and development of an ecosystem of generative AI research in the country.
