India AI Mission releases indigenous models EK‑A‑1 and DHEER‑2B/5B

In New Delhi today, India AI Mission released the indigenous foundation model EK‑A‑1 and DHEER‑2B as well as DHEER‑5B.

EK‑A‑1 has 26.3 billion parameters and was trained on 7.5 trillion tokens, operating in India’s 22 scheduled languages and English.

DHEER‑2B and DHEER‑5B are open‑source models that support English and 10 Indian languages and can run on‑premises without internet.

Model features

EK‑A‑1 is designed for mathematics, coding, reasoning and agentic tasks and has been tuned for banking, financial services and cyber security.

DHEER models are suitable for automation, information retrieval and citizen services, and can be used in defence, government, industrial and educational sectors.

Interviews and comments

Secretary, Mighty Shri S. Krishnan said, "Developing indigenous models strengthens India’s technological and strategic autonomy."

Socket Labs CEO Abhishek Upparwal said, "EK‑A‑1 has been built to align with India’s digital ecosystem."

JNTQ AItech CEO Prof. Shashikumar said, "DHEER models can run on mobile without cloud dependence due to their lightweight architecture."

Questions readers ask

In which languages is the EK‑A‑1 model available?

EK‑A‑1 is available in India’s 22 scheduled languages and English.

In what type of environment can DHEER models run?

DHEER models can be run on‑premises (local) without internet.

Who developed these models?

EK‑A‑1 was developed by Socket Labs Technology and Research Private Limited and the DHEER models by JNTQ AItech Innovation.

India AI Mission launches indigenous foundation models EK‑A‑1 and DHEER‑2B/5B

Model features

Interviews and comments

Questions readers ask

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