India's first multimodal AI-based LLM launched

• On June 2, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched ‘Bharat Gen’, India’s first indigenously developed government funded AI-based multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) for Indian languages.

• The launch was done at the “Bharat Gen Summit”, recognised as India’s largest generative AI and LLM summit and hackathon.

• BharatGen is developed under the National Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems Mission (NM-ICPS) and implemented through TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay.

• It aims to transform AI development by embracing India’s linguistic and cultural diversity.

• The model integrates text, image and speech modalities and is designed to serve 22 Indian languages ​​with ethical and inclusive AI tools.