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BharatGen, Amrita Institutions Partner to Develop Sovereign AI Models for India’s Healthcare Ecosystem

The collaboration seeks to create India-focused Medical Foundation Models, specialised AI frameworks for Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and speech-first multimodal systems designed for both hospital-based and community healthcare settings.

• By PharmaNews Live Desk
• New Delhi
• Feb 23, 2026

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In a significant step toward strengthening India’s technological self-reliance in healthcare, BharatGen Technology Foundation and Amrita Institutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop sovereign, multilingual artificial intelligence solutions tailored to India’s complex and diverse medical ecosystem.

The collaboration seeks to create India-focused Medical Foundation Models, specialised AI frameworks for Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and speech-first multimodal systems designed for both hospital-based and community healthcare settings. The initiative places responsible AI principles at the centre of development and deployment.

Building India-Centric Medical AI Infrastructure

BharatGen Technology Foundation, a Section-8 not-for-profit organisation based at IIT Bombay, leads foundational AI research and sovereign model development in India. Through this partnership, the organisation will combine its AI infrastructure capabilities with Amrita’s clinical and healthcare technology expertise.

Shri Hrishikesh Mohan Bal, CEO of BharatGen Technology Foundation, underscored the broader vision behind the collaboration. He stated, “India's sovereignty in AI is not just a technological imperative — it is a civilisational one. This partnership institutionalises that vision in healthcare, where the stakes are high. We are building models that speak India's languages, understand India's diseases, and serve India's people — built from the ground up for Bharat.”

The initiative aims to ensure that AI systems are developed using India-relevant datasets, multilingual capabilities, and contextual healthcare understanding, rather than relying solely on imported or generic global models.

Clinical Backbone and EMR Expertise

Amrita Technologies brings to the partnership extensive experience in EMR systems and healthcare data engineering. Meanwhile, Amrita Hospitals will provide real-world clinical validation and deployment environments, enabling testing at hospital scale.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, which serves as the mission anchor for the collaboration, will guide research, validation, and implementation across its institutional network.

Dr. Venkat Rangan, Vice-Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, highlighted the institution’s guiding philosophy. He said, “At Amrita, our Chancellor Amma has set our mission as Compassion-driven Research. This partnership with BharatGen expands our ground-breaking work in AI for healthcare, to enhance the role of the rural doctor, to serve even the most needy populations, such as an elderly patient who speaks only her mother tongue.”

The emphasis, he noted, is on inclusive healthcare delivery—especially for rural populations and linguistically diverse communities that often face barriers in accessing digital health tools.

First Milestone: Scaling Med-Sum AI Scribe

As an immediate priority, the partnership is scaling up “Med-Sum” — a Medical Summary AI Scribe platform that integrates sovereign AI infrastructure with hospital-grade validation.

Developed by the Amrita School of AI at the Delhi NCR Faridabad Hospital campus and powered by BharatGen’s sovereign speech and AI models, Med-Sum offers:

• Real-time voice-to-text clinical transcription

• Automated generation of structured clinical summaries

• Patient-friendly medical explanations in multiple Indian languages

Following rigorous clinical validation at Amrita Hospitals in Faridabad and Kochi, Med-Sum is already being used by hundreds of doctors and patients. The deployment marks a notable advancement in integrating AI into everyday clinical workflows while preserving data sovereignty and linguistic inclusivity.

The platform was showcased at the BharatGen Pavilion at Bharat Mandapam from February 16–21, 2026.

Toward Inclusive, Sovereign Health AI

The collaboration reflects a broader push to align India’s AI development with national priorities—ensuring technological independence while addressing public health challenges.

By combining sovereign AI research, multilingual capability, and hospital-scale validation, BharatGen and Amrita Institutions aim to lay the foundation for an indigenous healthcare AI ecosystem built specifically for India’s needs.