BharatGen Technology Foundation

IIT Bombay Announces Incorporation of BharatGen Technology Foundation

IIT Bombay recently announced the incorporation of the BharatGen Technology Foundation, a Section 8 (not-for-profit) company, to advance India’s sovereign, multilingual, and multimodal artificial intelligence ecosystem under the BharatGen initiative.

IIT Bombay is the lead institution of the BharatGen Technology Foundation. It will collaborate with a national consortium comprising IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Mandi, IIT Kharagpur, IIM Indore, and IIIT Hyderabad. The Foundation has been established to provide a robust institutional framework for long-term research, innovation, governance, and translation of foundational AI technologies for India..

Through the BharatGen Technology Foundation, IIT Bombay reaffirms its commitment to academic excellence, responsible AI development, and nation-building by contributing to the creation of inclusive, scalable, and globally competitive AI systems rooted in India’s linguistic and cultural diversity.

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Prof. Abhay Karandikar Inaugurates PARAM Rudra Supercomputer

Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, inaugurated a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility, PARAM Rudra, established by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) at IIT Bombay.

The 3 Peta FLOPS high-performance computing (HPC) system has been developed and deployed under the Build Approach of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). PARAM Rudra is based on indigenously designed Rudra servers developed by C-DAC and manufactured in India, reinforcing the Government of India’s Make-in-India initiative. The system is powered by C-DAC’s indigenous software stack and incorporates advanced Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) technology for enhanced efficiency.

In his address, Prof. Abhay Karandikar highlighted that the PARAM Rudra facility will significantly strengthen computational research, benefiting over 200 faculty members and 1,200 students at IIT Bombay, as well as researchers nationwide. He noted that the facility will catalyse innovation in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, and Advanced Manufacturing, while also supporting startups and industry-driven research.

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