Google Pledges $15M to Boost India's AI Research & Developer Ecosystem

• Google commits $15 million to strengthen India's AI research, developer, and startup ecosystem, focusing on healthcare, agriculture, and sustainability.
• $8 million allocated to government's AI Centres of Excellence (IISc, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT Ropar) for foundational research and applied solutions.
• $2 million for an Indic Language Technologies Research Hub at IIT Bombay and grants to CoRover.AI, Gnani.AI, and IIT-Bombay for Indic language AI development.
• $400,000 for MedGemma collaborations to develop India's Health Foundation model, partnering with AIIMS and IISc.
• $4.5 million to Wadhwani AI for multilingual AI apps like HealthVaani (for ASHA/Anganwadi workers) and AgriVaani (for farmers).

Why It Matters: Google's $15M investment significantly advances India's AI capabilities across critical sectors.