Current Context : Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh has launched “Bharat-Gen,” a generative AI initiative designed to enhance public service delivery, with a strong focus on promoting inclusivity in Indian languages.

About BharatGen:

• Objective: To develop generative AI systems in multiple Indian languages, focusing on high-quality text and multimodal content.
• First of its Kind: BharatGen is the world’s first government-funded multimodal large language model initiative.
• Spearheaded by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
• Features:
  • Open-source foundational models.
  • Multilingual and multimodal AI systems tailored for Indian languages.
  • Expected to democratize AI research and innovation, benefiting government, private, and research sectors.
• Timeline: The project is expected to be completed in two years.