- Published on September 26, 2025
- In AI Features
BharatGen and the Pursuit of Sovereign, Scalable AI for India
“Knowledge-driven components are important because we don't want everything to be just algorithmic innovation.”
- By Ankush Das
Generative AI is evolving beyond the race for larger models, focusing on sovereignty, data ownership, and cultural alignment. For India, where multilingual diversity defines daily life, the challenge lies in building AI that reflects these realities while remaining scalable and cost-efficient.
The answer may lie in BharatGen, a consortium-led effort to create multilingual and multimodal AI that is sovereign, frugal, and rooted in India’s priorities.
At Cypher 2025, Ganesh Ramakrishnan, professor at the department of computer science and engineering, IIT Bombay, said, “India’s AI opportunity, converting the diversity into a strength by leveraging the similarity across languages, getting back our skilled engineers and researchers to work together.”
The project brings togethe
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Ankush Das
I am a tech aficionado and a computer science graduate with a keen interest in AI, Coding, Open Source, Global SaaS, and Cloud. Have a tip? Reach out to ankush.das@aimmediahouse.com
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