AI models developed under IndiaAI Mission represent important progress in building India’s own AI capabilities tailored to local languages and use-cases

iGOT initiative strengthening AI awareness and capacity building among government officials and other stakeholders Posted On: 13 MAR 2026 4:13PM by PIB Delhi Government of India launched the IndiaAI Mission in March 2024 with the objective of building a robust ecosystem of AI in the country. The Mission seeks to expand access to AI technologies, support innovation and promote the development of AI solutions addressing India-centric challenges. AIKosha: IndiaAI Datasets Platform AIKosha is platform which provides access AI models, development tools and other resources. These belong to various fields such as health, agriculture, and education, with safeguards for data privacy. AIKosh acts as a shared library of AI models that anyone can use to build new AI tools and solutions. Eg. Text-to-Speech (TTS) models in Indian languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, and Malayalam. The sovereign model being developed as part of IndiaAI mission such as Sarvam are also available on AIKosh. In addition, AIKosh provides a secure API-based access, an AI Sandbox environment for model training and experimentation. These models, datasets and other information can be accessed from the website https://aikosh.indiaai.gov.in/home . iGOT-AI Courses The iGOT initiative is aimed at strengthening AI awareness and capacity building among government officials and other stakeholders. The iGOT Karmayogi platform currently offers over 176 courses on Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies ( Details in Annexure- I), published by a wide range of institutions, organizations, and academic bodies. To date, these courses have cumulatively recorded 72,99,149 enrolments and 53,79,235 completions from registered learners on the platform. The YUVA AI for All course offered by the IndiaAI Mission is also available on the iGOTKarmayogi platform in English and Hindi. Together, the two versions of the course have recorded 1,28,848 enrolments and 83,010 completions from registered learners on the platform to date. IndiaAI Startups Global: International Acceleration Program The IndiaAI Startups Global program was launched in collaboration with Station F (Paris) and HEC Paris. Under this program, 10 Indian AI startups have been selected and supported to expand into the European market. It supports Indian AI startups in accessing global innovation ecosystems and expanding into international markets. These startups are already developing innovative solutions across sectors such as governance, smart cities, document intelligence, and enterprise automation. Their work highlights the growing maturity of India’s AI startup ecosystem and its ability to build practical, deployment-ready solutions. Further, under the IndiaAI Mission, thirty (30) applications are being developed focusing on India-specific problems. These applications belong to critical sectors notably Agriculture, Health, Climate change and disaster. Details are at Annexure-II. Sector-specific hackathons and Innovation challenges have also been organised with the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, the Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Ayush, Ministry of MSME, NFRA and National Cancer Grid (NCG) to further encourage focused AI solution development. From these hackathons and innovation challenges, 10 startups have been identified for scaling up the solutions. Development of Sovereign Models Under the IndiaAI mission, Twelve (12) teams have been shortlisted in the phase 1 for development of indigenous foundational AI models/Large Language Models. Models developed by Sarvam AI, BharatGen, Gnani and Socket were launched during the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026. These models represent important progress in building India’s own AI capabilities tailored to local languages and use-cases. These sovereign models show strong performance on Indic language benchmarks. In some cases, these perform better than leading frontier models for Indian language tasks. For instance, models developed by Sarvam AI have demonstrated high accuracy in document understanding and Indic language processing. IndiaAI Compute The Government is cognisant of the importance of compute infrastructure for the innovation in AI. As India advances towards using AI to solve real-life problems and develop AI models, developers require access to large-scale compute for both training and inference. Common compute under IndiaAI Mission is providing affordable access to high-end compute infrastructure to startups, researchers, academic institutions and government organizations. More than 38,000 GPUs have been empaneled through 14 AI service providers to provide shared AI compute infrastructure Data centres located across the country including Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Noida and Jamnagar are providing these services IndiaAI Compute Portal ( https://compute.indiaai.gov.in ) enables eligible users to discover and access GPU compute resources The Government recognises compute as a public good for inclusive AI development. In this direction, compute capacity is being further expanded by adding 20,000 GPUs under the IndiaAI Mission (currently under process). The Government is also working to strengthen the data centre ecosystem. The Union Budget 2026–27 announced a long-term tax holiday for data centre and cloud infrastructure investment. The AI Impact Summit 2026 saw investment commitments of around $250 billion in AI infrastructure. This reflects a strong global confidence in India’s AI ecosystem. ******* Annexure I List of courses under the theme: AI & Emerging Tech in Governance S. No. Course 1. AI Using Google Bard and ChatGPT for Beginners 2. Artificial Intelligence for Everyone 3. AI Essentials: Leveraging Meta Bots for WhatsApp Automation 4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) 5. AI for Presentations 6. Introduction to Leveraging AI and ChatGPT 7. GenAI for Everyone 8. Evolution and Application of Artificial Intelligence 9. AI in Government: Transforming Public Service Delivery 10. AI Ethics for Governance 11. Responsible AI in the Generative AI Era 12. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Cybersecurity 13. Governing Artificial Intelligence 14. Preventing Cybercrime: AI-based Threats and Measures 15. AI in Agri Food Systems 16. AI Applications in Governance 17. Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 18. YUVA AI for All 19. Model Artificial Intelligence Law 20. DHFC - Module 11 - Application of AI and ML in Healthcare 21. Artificial Intelligence: Technology Ethics and Impact 22. Artificial Intelligence_L2 23. Gen AI and AR-VR Fundamentals 24. Ensuring AI Governance of India 25. Adopting AI for Cyber Resiliency 26. AI Policies and Governance in India 27. GenAI: Enhancing Public Sector Efficiency 28. Artificial Intelligence Enabling Education Outreach 29. Enhancing Microsoft Documents with Artificial Intelligence 30. Digital Transformation: Building the Future with AI 31. Artificial Intelligence in Banking Financial Services and Insurance 32. Artificial Intelligence for Investments 33. Artificial Intelligence: Driving Transformation at Speed and Scale 34. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 35. Artificial Intelligence for Social Good 36. Artificial Intelligence in Finance 37. Foundations of Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Ethics 38. Introduction to AI, ML and Robotic Process Automation and Applications 39. Core Areas of Artificial Intelligence 40. AI in Infrastructure and Urban Development 41. Ethical AI: Navigating Security and Privacy in the Digital Era 42. Artificial Intelligence: Unlocking Potential and Securing Trust 43. Introduction to Blockchain Technology and Applications in Power Sector 44. Handling Data with Artificial Intelligence: A Beginners Guide 45. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 46. Basics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Defence 47. Generative AI in Public Policy and Governance 48. AI Applications in Government 49. Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Good: Innovate Empower and Transform 50. Introduction to Robotic Process Automation RPA and AI Based Automation 51. Responsible AI in Action 52. AI Regulatory Policies and Implementation Considerations 53. Fundamentals of Generative Artificial Intelligence 54. Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Agentic AI 55. Artificial Intelligence and Digital Public Infrastructure Stack 56. Process of Recoupment in Indian Railways 57. Artificial Intelligence for Accessibility and Inclusion 58. Artificial Intelligence Integration in Microsoft Office 365 59. Artificial Intelligence for Public Governance 60. Artificial Intelligence in Heritage Preservation 61. AI for Social Sector Transformation 62. Blockchain Basics 63. Sovereign Artificial Intelligence Models for India 64. Emerging Tech and Security in India's Supply Chain Revolution 65. ChatGPT and Generative AI tools for Government Officials 66. AI led Digital Transformation in Urban Governance 67. AI led Digital Transformation in Agriculture 68. AI led Digital Transformation in Education 69. AI led Digital Transformation in Rural Development 70. Introduction to Emerging Technologies 71. इमर्जिंगटेक्नोलॉजीजसेपरिचय 72. ChatGPT and Generative AI tools: An Introduction 73. AI for Digital Transformation: Machine Learning and Deep Learning 74. AI led Digital Transformation in Healthcare 75. AI for Digital Transformation: Computer Vision 76. Data Storytelling: Narratives and Artificial Intelligence for Impact 77. Core Areas of Artificial Intelligence 78. Fundamentals of Generative Artificial Intelligence 79. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 80. Generative AI in Public Policy and Governance 81. Advanced Prompt Engineering for Everyone 82. Advanced Data Analysis with Generative AI 83. AI for Energy and Biomedical Applications 84. AI for Education (Intermediate) 85. AI For Medical Treatment 86. AI for Medical Prognosis 87. AI for Medical Diagnosis 88. Build and Execute an Organisational AI Strategy 89. Blockchain Architecture - Intermediate Concepts 90. Stay Safe in Cyber Space 91. CYBER SECURITY BEST PRACTICES FOR AN ORGANIZATION 92. Cyber Security Basics 93. Cyber Vigilance: What Every Digital Citizen Must Know 94. Cybersecurity 95. Cyber Security and Strategy 96. Cybercrime Investigation 97. Cybersecurity (Basic Level) 98. Awareness and Prevention of Cyberattacks 99. Cybercrime and Digital Forensics 100. Network and Telecom Security - Cyber Security Ecosystem 101. Staying Safe in Cyberspace 102.