Digital India BHASHINI Division Organises BHASHINI SANGAM Workshop in Nepal; Strengthens India–Nepal Collaboration on Multilingual AI

The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, organized the BHASHINI SANGAM International Engagement Workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal, in collaboration with the Embassy of India, Kathmandu, and Kathmandu University. The workshop focused on strengthening bilateral collaboration on multilingual and voice-first Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable digital access, language preservation, and inclusive technology development. Building upon an existing Memorandum of Understanding between DIBD and Kathmandu University, the engagement highlighted co-creation of datasets, technology, and local applications in languages such as Nepali, Maithili, and Newari. Live demonstrations featured speech recognition, real-time translation, and voice-enabled interactions, while the BhashaDaan session emphasized community participation in building representative language data.