AIKosha and IndiaAI Compute Portal launched on first anniversary of IndiaAI Mission
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched AIKosha, the IndiaAI Datasets Platform, and the AI Compute Portal in New Delhi on 6 March 2025 to mark the IndiaAI Mission's anniversary.
Summary
Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw launched several IndiaAI Mission initiatives in New Delhi on 6 March 2025. AIKosha, the IndiaAI Datasets Platform, is a secure repository of datasets, models and use cases with an AI sandbox; it hosts over 300 datasets and over 80 models. The AI Compute Portal will initially give access to 10,000 GPUs at subsidised rates, with 8,693 more to be added. Also launched were an AI Competency Framework for public sector officials, iGOT-AI on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, and the IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Program with Station F and HEC Paris, which will take ten Indian AI startups to Paris for four months. Thirty solutions were shortlisted from over 900 submissions under the IndiaAI Innovation Challenge. The IndiaAI Mission was approved by the Union Cabinet on 7 March 2024.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 6 March 2025, New Delhi
- AIKosha
- IndiaAI Datasets Platform: 300+ datasets, 80+ models
- AI Compute Portal
- 10,000 GPUs initially; 8,693 more to be added
- Global acceleration
- Station F and HEC Paris; 10 startups; four months in Paris
- Innovation Challenge
- 30 solutions shortlisted from 900+
- Mission approved
- Union Cabinet, 7 March 2024
Practice MCQs 5 questions
AIKosha, launched by MeitY on 6 March 2025, is primarily a:
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Correct answer: A — Platform of datasets, models and use cases for AI development
AIKosha is the IndiaAI Datasets Platform: a secure repository of datasets, models and use cases with an AI sandbox and tools.
How many models did AIKosha host at its launch in March 2025, as stated by Ashwini Vaishnaw?
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Correct answer: B — Over 80
The minister said AIKosha hosts over 300 datasets and over 80 models.
The IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Program announced on 6 March 2025 is being run with Station F and which institution?
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Correct answer: C — HEC Paris
The program with Station F and HEC Paris will give ten Indian AI startups a four-month acceleration programme in Paris.
iGOT-AI, launched on 6 March 2025, is an AI-powered content recommendation system for which platform?
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Correct answer: D — iGOT Karmayogi
iGOT-AI provides personalised learning recommendations to government officials on the iGOT Karmayogi platform.
Consider the following statements about the IndiaAI Mission: 1. The IndiaAI Datasets Platform is one of the mission's pillars, and AIKosha was launched under it. 2. The mission is implemented by the IndiaAI Independent Business Division under the Digital India Corporation. 3. The mission was approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2023. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong: the Cabinet approved the IndiaAI Mission on 7 March 2024, so 6 March 2025 marked its first anniversary.