AI Goals of Tech Mahindra & Nvidia Partnership: Explained

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Tech Mahindra & Nvidia partner to develop AI for India's linguistic diversity, focusing on Hindi language processing, language models and digital twins

Global technology companies are increasingly turning their attention to India's vast potential for AI development and implementation.

This shift is increasing as AI technologies continue to impact industries worldwide, with companies seeking to leverage India's expertise in software development and data analytics to drive innovation in AI applications, particularly in the realm of language processing.

In a step towards enhancing India's AI capabilities and addressing the unique challenges posed by the country's linguistic landscape, Tech Mahindra, a leading Indian information technology services and consulting company, has announced a strategic partnership with Nvidia, a renowned manufacturer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI hardware.

This collaboration aims to establish an AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in India, focusing on developing advanced AI models tailored to the country's linguistic diversity, with a particular emphasis on Hindi and its numerous dialects.

Establishing the AI Centre of Excellence

The AI Centre of Excellence, powered by Nvidia's platforms, is designed to drive advancements in sovereign large language model (LLM) frameworks, agentic AI and physical AI.

"Built with Nvidia technology, Tech Mahindra's Center of Excellence will accelerate the development and adoption of sovereign AI LLMs and applications tailored for India's diverse industries and linguistic landscape.”

John Fanelli, Vice President of Enterprise Software at Nvidia

The CoE leverages the Nvidia AI Enterprise software platform, which includes tools such as Nvidia NeMo for building language models and Nvidia RAPIDS for data analytics.

These advanced tools enable the development of customised, enterprise-grade AI applications capable of learning, reasoning and taking action—a concept known as agentic AI.

According to Tech Mahindra, the centre will also utilise the Nvidia Omniverse platform to develop connected industrial AI digital twins and physical AI applications.

Combined, these technologies will be applied across multiple sectors, including manufacturing, automotive, telecommunications, healthcare, banking, financial services and insurance.

Atul Soneja, Chief Operating Officer at Tech Mahindra, emphasised the significance of this collaboration, stating: "At Tech Mahindra, we are redefining the boundaries of AI innovation.”

Atul Soneja, Chief Operating Officer at Tech Mahindra

“Collaborating with Nvidia, we are setting a new benchmark for enterprise-grade AI development by seamlessly integrating generative AI, industrial AI and sovereign large language models into the heart of global enterprises and industries."

Project Indus 2.0: advancing Hindi language models

A key solution emerging from this partnership is Project Indus 2.0, an advanced AI model focusing on Hindi and its numerous dialects, including Bhojpuri, Dogri and Maithili.

Key Facts:
  • The centre focuses on developing large language models (LLMs) using Nvidia's platforms
  • Project Indus 2.0 aims to enhance Hindi language models for diverse sectors
  • The initiative targets industries such as healthcare, banking and telecommunications
  • The collaboration includes developing digital twins using Nvidia Omniverse
  • The centre is located in Pune and Hyderabad within Tech Mahindra’s Makers Lab

This project leverages Nvidia NeMo's capabilities to enhance conversations in Hindi across various sectors such as retail, banking, healthcare and citizen services in India.

The importance of the development of Indus 2.0, is that it addresses the critical need for AI solutions that are culturally and linguistically relevant in India—a nation with over 19,500 languages or dialects spoken as mother tongues according to the Census of India.

By tailoring AI models to local languages, Tech Mahindra aims to provide more nuanced and effective solutions that resonate with India's diverse population.

Vice President of Enterprise Software at Nvidia, John Fanelli

John Fanelli, Vice President of Enterprise Software at Nvidia, commented on the collaboration, saying: "Built with Nvidia technology, Tech Mahindra's Center of Excellence will accelerate the development and adoption of sovereign AI LLMs and applications tailored for India's diverse industries and linguistic landscape.

“Our collaboration with Tech Mahindra is helping create a foundation for AI-driven innovation in the region and around the world."

Broader impact on India's AI ecosystem

This partnership between Tech Mahindra and Nvidia is part of a larger trend of collaboration between global technology leaders and Indian IT firms.

Major players like TCS, Infosys and Wipro are developing AI solutions using Nvidia's technology stack.

TCS launched a Gen AI solution for manufacturing for instance, while Infosys is using Nvidia AI Enterprise for its Topaz offerings.

These initiatives are expected to create new job opportunities, with Goldman Sachs forecasting AI's potential to automate up to 20% of work tasks in emerging economies.

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At the Nvidia AI Summit in Mumbai, it was also revealed that companies like Ola Electric are working with Nvidia on initiatives such as using Omniverse for Digital Twin platforms.

Nvidia additionally released Nemotron-4-Mini-Hindi-4B, a small Hindi language model, which Tech Mahindra uses alongside NeMo to develop Indus 2.0.

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