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Recently, the central government has launched the indigenous AI foundational models Eka-1, Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B developed by domestic companies with support under the IndiaAI Mission.
About Eka-1
- It is a new AI model developed by Soket Labs Technology and Research.
- Features of Eka-1
- It is a powerful Foundation Model featuring 26.3 billion parameters and trained on approximately 7.5 trillion tokens.
- It demonstrates advanced capabilities, spanning all 22 scheduled Indian languages alongside English.
- It is built as an open, sparse hybrid language model and is designed for math, code, reasoning, and agentic use.
About Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B
- These two are open-source models developed by ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations.
- Features
- These models can be deployed as secure, on-premise, multilingual assistants supporting English and 10 Indian languages.
- The models can run on different computing platforms, including GPUs and TPUs.
- Their lightweight architecture also allows on-device deployment on mobile phones without depending on cloud connectivity,
- It enables offline-capable, document-grounded automation, knowledge retrieval, and citizen or enterprise services across defence, government, industrial, and educational sectors particularly in low-connectivity or sensitive environments.
Source: TH
Last updated on Nov, 2026
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