Developments in AI in India

  • Sovereign Compute Milestone

    As of February 2026, the IndiaAI Mission has successfully deployed a distributed network of 10,000+ H100-equivalent GPUs across three regional hubs. This infrastructure is now offering subsidized compute access to over 500 homegrown AI startups and research institutions through a unified cloud portal.

  • BharatGen 2.0 Launch

    The Department of Science and Technology, in collaboration with IIT Bombay, has unveiled BharatGen 2.0. This multimodal foundational model is trained on 22 scheduled Indian languages and over 100 local dialects, achieving state-of-the-art benchmarks in Indic-language reasoning and cultural nuance translation.

  • AI Governance Framework

    The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has fully implemented the AI Safety and Ethics guidelines under the Digital India Act. The new framework mandates transparency for high-risk AI models and introduces a 'Sovereign Data Exchange' to facilitate ethical data sharing for public service innovation.

  • AI in Public Health Integration

    The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission has integrated AI-driven diagnostic tools in 50,000 rural health centers. These tools, developed locally, assist in early detection of diabetic retinopathy and tuberculosis, showcasing India's focus on "AI for All."

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