NILEKANI CENTRE AT AI4BHARAT

 UPSC GS MAINS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE



AI4Bharat


  • AI4Bharat is an initiative by IIT Madras.
  • It has been started to build open-source language AI for Indian Languages.
  • In last two years, a team led by Dr Mitesh Khapra, Dr Pratyush Kumar and Dr Anoop Kunchukuttan has contributed to Indian language technology, which also include state-of-the-art models for Machine Translation and Speech Recognition.
  • This initiative would contribute to and accelerate Indic language AI work as a public good.
  • It has been aligned with objectives of Digital India Bhashini Mission.

Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat:


  • The Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat will work to advance Indian Language technology.
  • Rohini and Nandan Nilekani are supporting the centre, with a grant of Rs 36 crore via Nilekani Philanthropies.
  • During the launch ceremony, a workshop open to students, researchers, and start-ups was organised, in a bid to discuss the resources available for building Indian language technologies.


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