**Executive Summary**
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) participated in the TiE Global Summit – Rajasthan Chapter on January 4-5, 2026, to demonstrate the live deployment of Shrutlekh, an AI-powered speech-to-text and multilingual translation tool. Shrutlekh provided real-time multilingual translation during key sessions. The summit facilitated discussions on data collection and the importance of language in governance, service delivery, and education.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Shrutlekh Demonstration:**
* Live deployment of Shrutlekh, an AI-powered tool, was showcased.
* Real-time speech recognition, transcription, and English-Hindi translation were enabled through Auto Language Detection (ALD).
* A re-telecast of the Prime Minister's AI Action Summit address (February 11, 2025) was translated.
* **Multilingual Access and Empowerment:**
* Shrutlekh enabled multilingual access for sessions, including discussions on women's empowerment.
* Real-time translation ensured linguistic accessibility and participation.
* **Data Collection and AI Development:**
* High-quality, diverse language data is crucial for developing accurate speech and translation models, especially for Indian languages and dialects.
* Data creation and ingestion require collaboration between governments, academic institutions, startups, and citizens.
* **Focus on Governance and Service Delivery:**
* Initial focus is on voice-enabled multilingual communication for governance and service delivery.
* Partnerships with enterprises are aimed at improving supply chains, logistics, and internal efficiency.
* **Language in Education:**
* Translating educational material to enable students to learn in their mother tongue is essential.
* The traditional idea that language proficiency directly translates to knowledge needs to be challenged to enhance learning.
* **Summit Outcomes:**
* The Summit deepened interactions with the Government of Rajasthan and ecosystem stakeholders.
* It provided a platform to exchange perspectives, showcase language technologies, and identify collaboration opportunities in areas like data creation and digital governance.
**Impact Analysis**
**Government of Rajasthan**
* **Impact:** The summit deepened ongoing interactions with the Government of Rajasthan.
* **Action Required:** The Government of Rajasthan should look for opportunities for collaboration in language data creation, deployment of language tools, and digital governance initiatives.
**Enterprises**
* **Impact:** Potential partners for improving supply chains, logistics, and internal efficiency through language and voice technologies.
* **Action Required:** Engage with DIBD to explore opportunities for integrating voice-enabled multilingual communication to reduce costs, boost sales, and enhance customer engagement.
**Citizens**
* **Impact:** Benefit from inclusive, citizen-centric digital governance initiatives, improved service delivery, and better educational opportunities.
* **Action Required:** Participate in data creation and contribute to the development of language resources.
**Students**
* **Impact:** Access to educational material in their mother tongue.
* **Action Required:** No action required, but they should actively engage with translated educational materials.
**Women-led Micro-enterprises**
* **Impact:** Potential benefits from policies discussed to empower women-led micro-enterprises
* **Action Required:** No direct action noted but should be aware of the policies that result from these discussions.
Key Entities Referenced
BHASHINI: An initiative focused on developing AI-powered language technologies, especially for Indian languages, under the Digital India program.
Shrutlekh: An AI-powered speech-to-text and multilingual translation tool showcased at the TiE Global Summit 2026.
TiE Global Summit: A summit held in Jaipur focused on technology and entrepreneurship, where Shrutlekh was demonstrated.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY): The Indian government ministry responsible for electronics, IT, and the Digital India BHASHINI Division.
Rajasthan: The Indian state where the TiE Global Summit was held and where the Shrutlekh was used in collaboration with the state government.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Shrutlekh Enabled Multilingual Communication at
TiE Global Summit 2026
प्रव तथ: 06 JAN 2026 9:05PM by PIB Delhi
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY), participated in the 10th edition of the TiE Global Summit – Rajasthan Chapter, held at the Jaipur
Exhibition & Convention Centre (JECC) on 4-5 January, in collaboration with the Department of
Information Technology & Communication, Government of Rajasthan.
As part of the inaugural programme, the Summit enabled BHASHINI to demonstrate the live deployment
of Shrutlekh, an AI-powered speech-to-text and multilingual translation tool, in a real governance setting,
including the re-telecast of the address delivered by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the AI Action
Summit, Paris (11 February 2025). Shrutlekh provided real-time multilingual translation of the address,
ensuring that the Prime Minister’s views on responsible, inclusive, and sustainable AI were effectively
communicated to a diverse audience.
Shrutlekh was run live during key sessions, including the welcome address by the IT Secretary,
Government of Rajasthan, and speech by Cabinet Minister, enabling real-time speech recognition,
transcription, and English–Hindi translation through Auto Language Detection (ALD). This live
deployment demonstrated how language AI can adapt seamlessly to speakers switching languages,
reduce communication barriers, and ensure that policy messages are clearly understood by diverse
audiences, thereby strengthening inclusivity and accessibility at large public forums.
On 5 January 2026, During the Summit, Shrutlekh also enabled multilingual access for sessions,
including “Leadership Beyond Labels: Women, Power & Public Service”, where former Union Minister
Smt. Smriti Irani spoke on empowering women-led micro-enterprises as both a social and economic
imperative. Real-time translation ensured wider linguistic accessibility and meaningful participation.
During the panel discussion “From Maps to Markets: Building Technology Platforms That Power
Everyday India”, Shri Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital India BHASHINI Division, emphasised the critical
importance of data collection in building scalable and inclusive AI systems for India. He noted that “high-
quality, diverse, and representative language data is foundational for developing accurate speech and
translation models, particularly for Indian languages and dialects,” and underscored that “data creation
and ingestion is a collaborative effort,” requiring active participation from governments, academic
institutions, startups, and citizens. Elaborating further, he stated, “Our initial focus has been on
governance and service delivery through voice-enabled multilingual communication. We now aim to
partner with enterprises to improve supply chains, logistics, and internal efficiency. This creates
opportunities to reduce costs, boost sales, and enhance customer engagement through language and voice
technologies”. He also highlighted the role of language in education, stating that “enabling students to
learn in their mother tongue through large-scale translation of educational material is essential, and the
long-held assumption that ‘what is good in language is also good in knowledge’ needs to be broken to
strengthen learning outcomes.”The engagement at the TiE Global Summit 2026 helped deepen ongoing interactions with the Government
of Rajasthan and a wide range of ecosystem stakeholders. The Summit provided a constructive platform to
exchange perspectives, demonstrate practical use of language technologies, and identify future
opportunities for collaboration in areas such as language data creation, deployment of language tools, and
the advancement of inclusive, citizen-centric digital governance initiatives within the State.
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