Bharat Gen: India’s First Indigenous AI Model

Recently, The Union Minister of State for Science & Technology has launched ‘Bharat Gen’ at the BharatGen Summit.

About BharatGen

It is India’s first indigenously developed, government-funded, multilingual and multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) focused on Indian languages and culture.
- Multilingual: The platform integrates text, speech, and image modalities, offering seamless AI solutions in 22 Indian languages.
Developed By: BharatGen is developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and implemented through TIH Foundation for IoT (Internet of Things) and IoE (Internet of Everything) at IIT Bombay
- The initiative is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Aim: Bharat Gen aims to revolutionize AI development across India’s linguistic and cultural spectrum.
Execution: The BharatGen initiative is being executed through a network of 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) established under NM-ICPS.
Pillars: The Mission’s four pillars include technology development, entrepreneurship, human resource development, and international collaboration.
Significance:
- This initiative will empower critical sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture, and governance, delivering region-specific AI solutions in 22 Indian Languages
- To integrate multilingual feedback systems into platforms like CPGRAMS to enhance citizen engagement and grievance redressal.

National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS):

Aim: The Mission aims at development of technology platforms to carry out R&D, Translational Research, Product Development, Incubating & Supporting Start-ups as well as Commercialization.
Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs): 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) have been established in reputed institutes across the country and each TIH has been assigned a Technology Vertical in the areas of advanced technologies.
- Technology Vertical Areas: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Robotics, Cyber Security, Data Analytics & Predictive Technologies, Intelligent Collaboration Systems, Technologies for Agriculture & Water, Technologies for Mining, Advanced Communication System, Quantum Technologies etc.

About Cyber Physical Systems:

A Cyber-Physical System (CPS) is a computing system that integrates physical processes with computational algorithms and networked sensors to monitor and control physical processes in real time.
Application: CPS finds applications in various domains, including smart grids, autonomous vehicles, healthcare systems, and industrial automation.

Large Language Model (LLM):

It is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that is trained on vast amounts of text data and is based on the Transformer model to generate natural language processing (NLP) tasks.
- Applications: Natural Language Processing (To understand and generate human language); Translation; Content Generation; building chatbots; Summarization; Code Generation; Sentiment Analysis etc

IoT (Internet of Things):

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical devices, vehicles, appliances, and other physical objects that are embedded with sensors, software, and network connectivity, allowing them to collect and share data over the internet.

IoE (Internet of Everything):

It refers to a network of connections between people, things, data, and processes that provide general intelligence and improved cognition across the networked environment
- Different from IoT: IoE goes beyond the machine-to-machine (M2M) communication of IoT by incorporating human-to-machine (M2P) and human-to-human (P2P) interactions.