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Sarvam just released 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗺-𝟯𝟬𝗕 and 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗺-𝟭𝟬𝟱𝗕, two large language models built in India. Benchmarks look promising. But the real question is: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺? Both models are now live on the 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰-𝗟𝗟𝗠 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮. You can now 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀. Try them out today and cast your votes to decide who leads. https://lnkd.in/d76YiGpK Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Pratyush Kumar Vivek Raghavan Santosh Kevlani Shilpi Jain Pranava C Hiremath Partha Talukdar Harsh Dhand Manish Gupta Amrita Kamat Mohammed Hilal Dinesh Tewari Megh Umekar Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology, Madras EkStep Foundation People+ai IndiaAI Sarvam

We at AI4Bhārat announced a public launch of AI Arena 🤖 Since the launch, AI Arena as a platform is maturing rapidly into a complete AI evaluation stack. It started off with LLM Arena, which is now expanded to ASR Arena & TTS Arena too! Would you like to compare outputs from various SOTA AI models across modalities on multilingual grounds? Whilst you do that, help us reshape the benchmarking of these models in Indian languages for regional context and cultures by simply sharing a vote! Try out AI Arena now live on: arena.ai4bharat.org Would love to hear your feedback in the comments. Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Partha Talukdar Amrita Kamat Mohammed Hilal Mohammed Safi Ur Rahman Khan Aparna Ananthanarayanan Kartik Virendra Rajput AI4Bhārat | Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras | People+ai | EkStep Foundation | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

📢 Exciting announcement! The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, has set-up the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence for Education at IIT Madras via the IIT Madras Bodhan AI Foundation. This national hub drives responsible, scalable, India-first AI solutions for learning, aligning with NEP 2020 and digital public frameworks to democratize access across diverse contexts. This is a Call for Participation (CFP) for the Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 on 12–13 February 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi – a premier platform uniting policymakers, educators, researchers, edtech providers, investors and more! We invite individuals and organisations with credible, research-backed AI solutions across four priority verticals: - AI for School Education. - AI for Higher Education. - AI for Skilling & Workforce Readiness. - AI Research & Deep Technology. Participation is key for future engagements with IIT Madras Bodhan AI Foundation. 🗓️ Dates: 12–13 February 2026 📌 Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi ⏳ Application closes on:  01 February 2026 🧾 For registration: https://lnkd.in/g7mr7yNd 🌐 For more information: https://lnkd.in/gSABhw8a #AIEducation #BodhanAI #IITMadras #EdTechIndia #AIforIndia Balaraman Ravindran | Mitesh Khapra | Karthik Raman | S Neethi | SRIDHAR R | Nandan Sudarsanam | Arun Rajkumar | Nirav Bhatt | Raghunathan Rengasamy | Agastya P Bhati | Krishna Pillutla | Gitakrishnan Ramadurai | Chandra Shekar Lakshminarayanan | Harish Guruprasad Ramaswamy | Ganapathy Krishnamurthi | AI4Bhārat | Centre For Responsible AI (CeRAI) | IBSE: Centre for Integrative Biology and Systems medicinE | IndiaAI | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA | Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI)

Evaluation shouldn't just be about numbers 📊 It should be also about human experience 🧠 That’s the philosophy behind the Indic LLM Arena. Instead of complex metrics and opaque scores, the Arena uses a Blind Battle format ⚔️  • You see two model responses  • No model names 🙈  • You vote for the one that feels more natural, helpful, and human-aligned ✨ 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 directly contributes to a public, national leaderboard 🇮🇳 Simple. Unbiased. Human judgment, at scale, for evaluating AI in real-world contexts 🚀 Contribute: https://lnkd.in/d76YiGpK Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Santosh Kevlani Shilpi Jain Pranava C Hiremath Partha Talukdar Harsh Dhand Manish Gupta Amrita Kamat Mohammed Hilal Dinesh Tewari Megh Umekar Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology, Madras EkStep Foundation People+ai IndiaAI

🌍 Is English-centric AI enough for a nation of 1.4 billion? At AI4Bhārat (IIT Madras), we believe the answer is no. Standard benchmarks often miss the cultural nuances, regional dialects, and "Hinglish" on “Tanglish” mix that define Indian communication. To bridge this gap, we had launched the Indic LLM Arena—a human-in-the-loop platform where real users evaluate models on:  📍 Contextual Accuracy: Does the AI know what a "Grah Pravesh" gift looks like?  📍 Language Fluidity: Can it handle code-switching and 22+ languages naturally?  📍 Safety & Fairness: Is it trained to mitigate regional and communal biases? 🚀 We need everyone's support. Try the Arena, vote on model responses, and help us build a leaderboard that truly reflects India's diversity. 👉 Join the movement: https://lnkd.in/gtVyRJED #SovereignAI #DigitalIndia #IITMadras #GenAI #IndicLanguages #IndiaAI Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Shankar Maruwada Santosh Kevlani Shilpi Jain Pranava C Hiremath Balaraman Ravindran Partha Talukdar Harsh Dhand Manish Gupta Abhishek Bapna Anand Rangarajan Amrita Kamat Mohammed Hilal Dinesh Tewari Megh Umekar Karthik Padmanabhan Paul Ravindranath G Farish CV Harsh Dattani Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology, Madras EkStep Foundation People+ai IndiaAI

We are looking for talented researchers to help advance AI for Indian languages. You will work on the latest speech and text models to build voice-based tools that will help millions of people across the country. Please apply here : https://lnkd.in/gKwejMwX Location: Chennai(Hybrid) Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Santosh Kevlani Pranava C Hiremath Shilpi Jain Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras People+ai EkStep Foundation Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

We are looking for a designer to create intuitive and accessible experiences for our AI tools and platforms. You will design user interfaces that work seamlessly across 22 Indian languages, ensuring technology is easy to use for everyone. Please apply here : https://lnkd.in/gKwejMwX Location: Chennai(Hybrid) Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Santosh Kevlani Pranava C Hiremath Shilpi Jain Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras EkStep Foundation Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

We are looking for an Backend engineer to build the robust systems behind our AI models. You will create the scalable APIs and data pipelines that handle millions of requests and support a global community of developers. Please apply here : https://lnkd.in/gKwejMwX Location: Chennai(Hybrid) Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Santosh Kevlani Pranava C Hiremath Shilpi Jain Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras EkStep Foundation Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

We are looking for an Frontend engineer to build the web interfaces for our demos, tools, and community platforms. You will create the user experiences that allow people to interact with our AI models, including the Indic LLM Arena. Please apply here : https://lnkd.in/gKwejMwX Location: Chennai(Hybrid) Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Santosh Kevlani Pranava C Hiremath Shilpi Jain Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras EkStep Foundation

We are looking for API & Integration Engineer engineer to connect our AI models with the tools developers use every day. You will build plugins and integrations that allow our models to work seamlessly with platforms like LiveKit, LangChain, and major cloud services. Please apply here : https://lnkd.in/gKwejMwX Location: Chennai(Hybrid) Mitesh Khapra Anoop Kunchukuttan Santosh Kevlani Pranava C Hiremath Shilpi Jain Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras EkStep Foundation Indian Institute of Technology, Madras