Dr Jitendra Singh launches BharatGen, a government-funded multimodal LLM for Indian languages
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched BharatGen, India's first indigenously developed, government-funded multimodal large language model for Indian languages, at the BharatGen Summit on 2 June 2025.
Summary
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh launched BharatGen on 2 June 2025 at the BharatGen Summit. BharatGen is described as India's first-of-its-kind, indigenously developed, government-funded, AI-based multimodal large language model for Indian languages. It was developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and implemented through the TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay, with support from the Department of Science and Technology. The platform integrates text, speech and image modalities and offers AI solutions in 22 Indian languages.
Key facts
- Date
- 2 Jun 2025, BharatGen Summit
- Launched by
- Dr Jitendra Singh
- What
- Government-funded multimodal LLM for Indian languages
- Mission
- National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS)
- Implemented by
- TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE, IIT Bombay
- Languages
- 22 Indian languages; text, speech, image
Practice MCQs 3 questions
In how many Indian languages does BharatGen, launched on 2 June 2025, offer AI solutions?
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Correct answer: B — 22
BharatGen integrates text, speech and image modalities and offers AI solutions in 22 Indian languages.
BharatGen is implemented through the TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at which institution?
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Correct answer: D — IIT Bombay
BharatGen is implemented through the TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay, with support from the Department of Science and Technology.
Under which national mission was BharatGen developed?
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Correct answer: C — National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems
BharatGen was developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) of the Department of Science and Technology.