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Jitendra Singh lauds BharatGen for expanding reach in Ayush, Agriculture, and Legal Sectors

New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) As India hosts the fourth Global AI Summit, themed “Impact Global AI Summit,” Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Tuesday lauded the country’s home-built large language model, BharatGen, for expanding its reach across health, agriculture, and legal domains.
Speaking at a session hosted by BharatGen in association with the IndiaAI Mission, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), as part of the Global AI Summit, Singh underscored the impact of India’s first government-owned multilingual AI stack.
He highlighted the release of domain-specific fine-tuned models, including Ayur Param for Ayurveda, Agri Param for agriculture, and Legal Param for the Indian legal ecosystem.
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