India open to sharing AI models with Global South: MeitY Secretary
It positions India as a potential alternative to other AI ecosystems, offering solutions designed explicitly for multilingual, resource-constrained environments.
The government's
India AI Mission
has established AI Kosh, a data repository containing more than 400 databases, designed to support researchers and entrepreneurs developing
multilingual AI solutions
. Krishnan highlighted
Mission Bhashini
and Anuvadini as key programmes advancing language technology, with particular emphasis on capturing regional dialects rather than just major languages.
India is also digitising traditional knowledge, including Ayurvedic texts and historical manuscripts, to create comprehensive datasets for global healthcare and research communities.
Unlike other nations that rely solely on state or private funding, India's approach encourages multi-stakeholder participation across academia, industry and research institutions.
Industry leaders at the conference outlined specific requirements to accelerate India's multilingual AI capabilities whilst committing to enhanced private sector contributions.
Harsh Dhand, Research and AI Partnerships APAC lead at Google and Co-Chair of FICCI's Multilingual Internet Committee, presented three key requests to government: unlocking historical data from institutions like Prasar Bharathi and All India Radio, broadening the definition of "Make in India" to "Made in India by India for India," and, connecting research entities to prevent duplication of efforts and better resource utilization.
Dhand also outlined that the industry must contribute through access to technology, seed funding for startups and academia, and skilling.
The conference highlighted India's progress in democratising internet access through local language domain names, with Ajay Data, Chairman of FICCI's Multilingual Internet and Universal Acceptance Committee, noting that domain names are now available in all official Indian languages. With more than 6 billion people globally not speaking English as their primary language and India home to 19,500 languages and dialects, Data emphasised the vast commercial opportunities that lay ahead.
Sandeep Nulkar, Co-Chair of FICCI's Multilingual Internet Committee and Founder of BITS Technologies, emphasised the conference's significance in concluding remarks: "We are no longer debating the possibility of a multilingual internet. We are actually mobilising around its urgency, not only in an academic manner, but also in a demographic and development and economic perspective."
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