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डिजिटल इंडिया भाषिनी डिवीजन, करंट एआई और कल्पा इम्पैक्ट ने बहुभाषी अत्याधुनिक एआई नवाचार को बढ़ावा देने के लिए व्योमा इनोवेशन प्रतियोगिता का शुभारंभ किया

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  • Vyoma Innovation Competition launched by Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) under Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • Collaboration with Current AI and Kalpa Impact
  • Competition aims to promote development of open-source, multilingual, voice-first AI solutions
  • Solutions must work in offline and low-connectivity environments
  • Based on Suno Sutra platform - a multilingual, voice-first, open-source handheld AI reference tool
  • Suno Sutra was unveiled at the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026
  • The platform combines multilingual language technologies with on-device AI capabilities
  • Eliminates dependency on cloud infrastructure for conversational AI experiences in Indian languages
  • Competition open to startups, researchers, students, academic institutions, MSMEs, industry partners, and independent innovators
  • Focus areas: new use cases, hardware improvements, model adaptations, and deployment-ready applications
  • Applications span education, agriculture, healthcare, governance, and public service delivery
  • Competition will be conducted in multiple phases starting with application process
  • 20 selected teams will receive developer kits and access to Suno Sutra platform
  • Participants will receive technical guidance from Bhashini and Current AI experts
  • Finalist teams will demonstrate prototypes before an expert jury
  • Winning teams eligible for prizes up to ₹80 lakh (80 lakh rupees)
  • Deployment opportunities in central and state government departments for winners
  • Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) is India's national initiative for AI-powered multilingual digital inclusion
  • Operates through National Language Technology Centre (NHLT)
  • Provides scalable speech and text-based AI services in Indian languages for governance and public platforms
  • Platform operates 800+ government websites
  • Processes over 1.5 crore inferences daily
  • Supports 36 Indian text languages
  • Supports 23 Indian voice languages
  • Supports 35 international languages
  • Application portal: https://bhashini.gov.in/sahyogi/hackathon/open-handheld-ai