BharatGen, a government-backed artificial intelligence initiative, will launch a 17 billion parameter multilingual model at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. The model, which is known as the BharatGen Param2 17B, supports 22 Indian languages and has been built in India using largely Indian data. Officials describe it as a step toward building public digital infrastructure that reflects the country’s linguistic diversity. The release comes amid growing efforts to create domestic AI systems that can serve public services, businesses, and researchers without relying entirely on foreign platforms. The model is expected to go live during the five-day summit at Bharat Mandapam. The AI Impact Submit will run from February 16 to February 20, 2026.
According to BharatGen, the new system has been trained to understand and generate text across major Indic languages, with the aim of improving access to digital services. The model is designed for use in sectors such as governance, healthcare, education, finance, and agriculture. Demonstrations planned at the summit will show how language tools can be applied to everyday tasks in these fields.
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In governance, a system called MahaGPT has been developed with the Government of Maharashtra to assist departments handling urban development and revenue matters. A separate project with the Department of Water and Sanitation aims to provide citizens with multilingual access to information and services. In Goa, state authorities are working with technology partners to introduce AI tools in administrative workflows.
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Medsum is a healthcare app that connects doctors and patients through a language interface that helps explain medical information. In education, a tool built with the Kotak Education Foundation evaluates spoken English and communication skills, offering structured feedback. Cultural projects include Gyan Bharatam, which is working on digitising manuscripts and enabling search across Indian languages, and collaborations with the National Archives of India to widen public access to historical records.
BharatGen is also testing tools in the finance sector that explain insurance policies in simple question-and-answer formats and support faster risk assessment for underwriters. An interactive assistant for the International Financial Services Centres Authority is expected to help investors navigate regulatory documents. Supported under the IndiaAI Mission, the project uses government-backed computing resources. Organisers say the broader goal is to build AI systems developed in India and suited to local needs. The summit will host public demonstrations there.