New Delhi | September 19, 2025 | 3 min read
Summary:
India has selected eight firms, including IIT Bombay, to develop a 1-trillion-parameter AI model under its ambitious India AI Mission. The project aims to position India as a global AI powerhouse and provide indigenous large-scale models for sectors like healthcare, agriculture, and education.
India is stepping up its artificial intelligence ambitions in a major way. Under the India AI Mission, the government has onboarded eight more firms including IIT Bombay to develop a 1-trillion-parameter AI model that could rival some of the largest models built by global players like OpenAI, Google, and Meta.
Read In Hindi- भारत का बड़ा एआई दांव: 8 नई कंपनियां और IIT बॉम्बे बनाएंगे 1-ट्रिलियन पैरामीटर मॉडल
Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed the addition of these firms while speaking at a press briefing on Thursday. He emphasized that this initiative will create a strong domestic AI ecosystem and reduce India’s dependence on foreign models.
“This is about building India’s sovereign AI capability. The goal is to create models that understand Indian languages, data, and contexts,” Vaishnaw said.
India’s Bid for AI Leadership
The 1-trillion-parameter model considered a milestone in generative AI will focus on applications in agriculture productivity forecasting, personalized education, healthcare diagnostics, and language translation across India’s 22 official languages.
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Officials said the model will be open for startups, researchers, and enterprises to build on, giving a significant boost to India’s innovation economy.
This announcement builds on the government’s earlier move to launch a $1.2 billion AI computing infrastructure with 24,000+ GPUs. The inclusion of top institutes like IIT Bombay, and leading Indian AI firms, signals a deeper collaboration between academia, industry, and government to ensure the mission’s success.
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Why This Matters for India’s AI Future
Experts say this could be India’s “ChatGPT moment” a home-grown model that understands India’s diversity and can power everything from chatbots to AI tutors. If successful, it could also drive investment into India’s semiconductor and data-centre sectors, creating thousands of new jobs.
As the global AI race intensifies, India’s move puts it firmly in competition with the US, China, and Europe, which are all developing large, sovereign AI models. The government expects the first version of the model to be released in 2026.
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