Archive · 7 Jun 2025
Nandan Nilekani Commits Second Grant to AI4Bharat
Nandan Nilekani is giving money to help build artificial intelligence that can understand and speak Indian languages.
This AI is being created by a group at IIT Madras.
This AI can translate languages, understand what people say, and turn text into speech.
It will be used in things like government services, healthcare, and finance, so people can access them in their own languages.
The goal is to make sure everyone in India can use technology, regardless of the language they speak.
Nandan Nilekani committed a second multi-year grant to AI4Bharat.
AI4Bharat develops open-source AI models for Indian languages.
Models power services like Bhashini and Supreme Court translations.
AI4Bharat’s language datasets are publicly available.
The initiative aims to make AI accessible to all Indians.
- Who
- Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder, AI4Bharat, and EkStep Foundation.
- What
- Nandan Nilekani committed a second multi-year grant to AI4Bharat for AI model development in Indian languages.
- When
- The second grant was committed recently; the first was in 2020.
- Where
- IIT Madras, India.
- Why
- To build AI infrastructure for Indian languages, ensuring digital inclusion.
- Initiative
- AI4Bharat
- Founder
- Nandan Nilekani
- Organization
- IIT Madras
- Focus
- AI models for Indian languages
- Goal
- Digital inclusion through language
- Funding Source
- Nilekani, EkStep Foundation