To discuss India’s strategy in the field of Artificial Intelligence and language technology; the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday organized a brainstorming session with more than 80 startups and other researchers.
The meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The new initiative, named Digital India BHASHINI or BHASHA Interface for India- is a part of the National Language Translation Mission.
The mission aims to ensure that as more Indians connect to the internet, they can access global content in their languages. “Startups are an important part of our Digital ecosystem and will be supported for developing India-specific and Indian Languages enabled IT solutions through Mission Digital India.