BharatGen, Amrita Institutions Partner to Build Sovereign AI for Healthcare

BharatGen Technology Foundation and Amrita Institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop sovereign, multilingual AI solutions tailored for India’s healthcare sector.

The collaboration will focus on building India-centric medical foundation models, domain-specific AI frameworks for electronic medical records (EMR), and speech-first multimodal systems. These solutions are intended for both clinical and community use, with responsible AI principles at the core.

BharatGen, a Section-8 not-for-profit based at IIT Bombay, leads foundational AI research and sovereign model development. Hrishikesh Mohan Bal, CEO of BharatGen Technology Foundation, said, “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.”

Amrita Technologies brings expertise in EMR systems and healthcare data engineering, while Amrita Hospitals provide clinical validation and deployment support. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham serves as the mission leader for the initiative.

DVenkat Rangan, Vice-Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 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 immediate priority of the collaboration is scaling Med-Sum, an AI-powered medical summary tool developed by the Amrita School of AI at the Faridabad Hospital campus and powered by BharatGen’s sovereign speech and AI models, the company said in a statement.

Med-Sum enables real-time voice-to-text clinical transcription, automated clinical summaries, and patient-friendly explanations in multiple Indian languages. Following validation at Amrita Hospitals in Faridabad and Kochi, the platform is already being used by hundreds of doctors and patients.

The partnership marks a step toward building sovereign AI infrastructure for healthcare in India, combining BharatGen’s foundational AI research with Amrita’s clinical depth and hospital-scale validation.