Digital India BHASHINI Division is organizing an outreach event “BHASHINI Samanvay - BHASHINI Hackathon Outreach: Bengaluru Chapter” in collaboration with REVA University, Bengaluru on 29^th of May 2025, 9:30 AM onwards. This initiative is a significant effort to engage academic institutions, researchers, and young innovators in building cutting-edge Language AI solutions for governance, social impact, and cultural preservation.

The Bengaluru chapter of the outreach program will bring together senior officials from the Government of Karnataka, the Digital India BHASHINI Division, academia, and the innovation ecosystem.

The day-long program will include keynote sessions, panel discussions, and detailed briefings on the following flagship hackathons, BHASHINI Startup Velocity 2.0 in collaboration with the Central Information Commission (CIC) and Ministry of Youth Affairs, this challenge focuses on building multilingual digital services for public-facing platforms such as Digital Sansad, MyBharat, and the CIC portal. BHASHINI Domain Innovation Challenge 1.0, BDIC 1.0: in partnership with NIC-Bureau of Immigration and NIC-NEXTGEN eHospital, this challenge addresses domain-specific AI use cases like voice-based OPD transcription and multilingual counter assistants. BHASHINI SANRAKSHAN, Challenge: partnering with the Government of Bihar, this challenge aims to develop AI solutions for the preservation and accessibility of endangered scripts, regional languages, and heritage documents. BHASHINI LEAP, Law Enforcement AI Challenge: conducted in partnership with SVP National Police Academy and the National Police Academy, this hackathon focuses on multilingual AI tools to support investigation, transcription, and communication within policing agencies.

The combined price pool of the hackathons is Approx INR 3 crore.

Pravakta Pillar Anchors Bengaluru Hackathon

Digital India BHASHINI Division has signed the Rajyam MoU which marks a strategic collaboration between the Government of Karnataka and the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), aimed at empowering the state through multilingual AI for digital inclusion. Anchored in the four foundational pillars—BHASHINI Udyat, BHASHINI Mitra, BHASHINI Appmitra, and BHASHINI Pravakta—this initiative ensures seamless integration of language technologies to enhance governance, accessibility, and citizen engagement across Karnataka.

1. BHASHINI Udyat: Integration of multilingual translation APIs into government platforms to enable service delivery in 22 regional languages.
2. BHASHINI Mitra: Development and adaptation of domain-specific translation models to enhance language accessibility in government services.
3. BHASHINI Appmitra: Deployment of language tools like grammar and spell checkers to improve communication and documentation in regional languages.
4. BHASHINI Pravakta: Promotion and outreach of BHASHINI services to foster digital inclusion and linguistic diversity across educational and administrative ecosystems.

The event is anchored in the BHASHINI Pravakta pillar, which champions digital inclusion through linguistic diversity, and is backed by the Rajyam MoU—a strategic alliance between the Government of Karnataka and Digital India BHASHINI Division.