India’s artificial intelligence ambitions are set to scale new heights with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay at the forefront. The institute, through its BharatGen consortium, will develop a trillion-parameter large language model (LLM), one of the most ambitious AI projects in the world, as part of the government’s IndiaAI Mission, as per a report by India Today.
Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the selection of eight organisations, including IIT Bombay, Tech Mahindra, and Fractal Analytics, at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi on September 18. To support IIT Bombay’s project, the mission has approved Rs 988.6 crore in financial assistance.
Along with IIT Bombay’s BharatGen consortium, the other organisations chosen under the IndiaAI Mission include:
Avataar AI
Fractal Analytics Limited
Tech Mahindra Ltd
Zeinteiq Aitech Innovations
Genloop Intelligence Pvt Ltd
NeuroDX (Intellihealth)
Shodh AI
Each will work on foundational LLMs tailored for different use cases and applications.
Looking ahead, the government plans to release a national AI framework, jointly developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser. The framework will provide guidelines for building and deploying AI systems responsibly in India.