IndiaAI Mission is set to collaborate with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop AI-driven solutions aimed at transforming key sectors, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on X.
Vaishnaw confirmed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will soon be signed between the two entities. “AI solutions for better crops, stronger healthcare, smarter education & climate resilience— MoU soon between IndiaAI Mission & Bill Gates Foundation,” he stated following his meeting with Gates, who is currently in India.
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— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2025
As part of its IndiaAI Mission, the government has recently launched AIKosha, a sovereign datasets platform, and an AI Compute Portal to enhance access to quality datasets and computational power.
The initiative also includes plans to locally manufacture GPUs over the next three to five years under the ₹10,000 crore IndiaAI Mission.
The AI Compute Portal aims to provide subsidised GPU access for research and development, with approximately 14,000 GPUs already deployed and another 4,000 in the pipeline.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had earlier initiated the procurement of 18,693 GPUs from shortlisted vendors.
Several ministries, including those handling agriculture, weather forecasting, and Bhashini, have already contributed datasets to the platform. Vaishnaw previously highlighted progress in developing India’s own AI foundational model, stating, “India’s own foundational model for AI is going well; we have 67 applications, 22 of which are for creating LLMs.”
Meanwhile, Bill Gates visited NITI Aayog’s Viksit Bharat Strategy Room (VBSR) on Monday, where he experienced an advanced AI-enabled immersive centre designed to enhance data-driven policymaking. The VBSR, launched on March 7, 2024, is a key initiative for evidence-based governance at the national level.
