• During the event, Google also unveiled multiple research collaborations and healthcare-focused AI initiatives to further strengthen India’s AI ecosystem.

Key Details:
4 AI CoEs: As per the Google, USD 8 million research funding will be distributed among:

• TANUH at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, for non-communicable disease treatment;
• Airawat Research Foundation at Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) will use the funds for AI-driven urban governance;
• The AI CoE for Education at IIT-Madras (IIT-M) will create innovative solutions to enhance learning and teaching outcomes;
• ANNAM.AI at IIT-Ropar will use the funds to develop data-driven solutions for agriculture and farmer welfare.

Other Key Announcements: Google has also Google announced USD 400,000 in funding to support MedGemma-based collaborations for developing Health Foundation Models and integrating AI into India’s Digital Public Infrastructure(DPI), particularly in the healthcare sector.

• Google pledged to provide financial support of USD 50,000 each to startups i.e. Gnani.AI and CoRover.AI to develop Indic language voice and e-governance solutions using Gemma.
• It has also announced a USD 2 million founding grant to set up the new Indic Language Technologies Research Hub at IIT-B.

Key Collaborations: Google has collaborated with the National Health Authority (NHA) for the deployment of advanced AI for the conversion of medical records into a globally acceptable, machine readable format i.e. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards.

• ReNew Energy Global Plc (ReNew), a leading decarbonisation solutions company, signed a long-term agreement with Google to enable the development of a new 150 Mega-Watt(MW) solar project in Rajasthan.