Bhashini is an Indian government project developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under its "National Language Translation Mission." It aims to help Indian citizens translate content in various Indian languages and enable effective communication among different-language speakers across India, and thus reduce the language barrier in India.[1][2]
| Formation | August 2022 |
|---|---|
| Type | Governmental project |
Region served | India |
Official language | English, Hindi |
CEO | Shri Amitabh Nag |
Parent organisation | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Website | bhashini |
Background
editBhashini was launched at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in August 2022. The name "Bhashini" is an abbreviation for "Bhasha Interface for India." It is developed under the National Language Translation Mission by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.[3]
An Independent Business Division (IBD) called Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) has been started under Digital India Corporation (DIC) to help Bhashini ecosystem collab with startups.[2][4]
Platform
editThe platform uses Natural language processing and AI, to go beyond language barriers, ensuring digital empowerment and digital inclusion across different states.[3] It has more than 300 pre-trained AI models available to Bhashini ecosystem partners exposed via Open Bhashini APIs.[2]
Adoption
editIn December 2023, PM Narendra Modi, used Bhashini to translate his realtime speech into for his Tamil audience.[5] Later, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman used the platform during her 2024 Union budget of India speech.[6][7]
In June 2024, MeitY sought bidders to allow research projects for better accuracy and fluency of machine translation. It promoted use of specific language pairs and use of such domain-specific language models for government, education, healthcare, and other critical sectors.[8][9]
Bhashini signed MoUs with Snapdeal, Ministry of I&B, Federal Bank among others providing its AI models to cater solutions in vernacular languages.[10][6]
In September 2024, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) launched Saarthi, an application that enables businesses to create their own personalised buyer-side applications using Bhashini. Rajasthan government developed Pehchan app, a digital platform that makes birth and death registration easier by enabling voice commands in different languages using Bhashini AI.[11]
References
edit- ^ The Hindu Bureau, The Hindu (11 September 2024). "ONDC launches Saarthi reference app with for businesses to create multilingual buyer apps". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Bhashini Challenge". innovateindia.mygov.in. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ a b "What is the digital India program, Bhashini?". Jagranjosh.com. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Today, Telangana (24 February 2024). "'Bhashini App' the only AI tool you will need for real-time translation of Indian languages". Telangana Today. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ The Hindu Bureau, The Hindu (18 December 2023). "AI translation tool 'Bhashini' used to translate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Bhashini signs MoU with New Media Wing of Ministry of I&B". www.storyboard18.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Explained: What is Bhashini, the real-time translation tool that PM Narendra Modi used". The Times of India. 19 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Govt to Increase Adoption of Bhashini, Seeks Bids from Colleges and Universities". Outlook Business. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Govt seeks bids from colleges, universities for help on Bhashini proliferation". The Economic Times. 25 June 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Schamiloglu, Uli (2017). "The rise of Runiform Turkic as the first Turkic vernacular literary language". Turkic Languages. 21 (2): 161–177. doi:10.13173/tl/2017/2/161. ISSN 1431-4983.
- ^ "Pehchan App Goes Multilingual: Breaking Language Barriers with Bhashini's AI". INDIAai. Retrieved 3 October 2024.