VYOMA Innovation Challenge

Why in the news?

The Digital India BHASHINI Division, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, launched the VYOMA Innovation Challenge to promote multilingual, voice first, offline AI solutions for India.

Key Highlights

• Initiative launched in collaboration with:
  • Current AI
  • Kalpa Impact.
• Objective:
  • Promote open source multilingual AI systems that can function in:
    • Offline environments
    • Low connectivity regions.

About Sunno Sutra

The challenge is based on:

• Sunno Sutra: A multilingual voice first handheld AI reference device.

• Developed jointly by: BHASHINI and Current AI.

Features of Sunno Sutra

• Supports: Conversational AI in Indian languages.
• Works: Without cloud dependence.
• Uses: On device AI capabilities.
• Suitable for: Rural and low resource environments.

Objectives of the VYOMA Innovation Challenge

• Encourage development of:
  • Multilingual AI applications.
  • Voice based technologies.
• Improve:
  • Digital accessibility.
  • Language inclusion.
• Promote: Edge AI innovation in India.

What is Edge AI?

Edge AI refers to: Artificial Intelligence processing directly on local devices instead of remote cloud servers.

Advantages:

• Faster processing
• Offline functionality
• Better privacy
• Reduced internet dependence

Sectors Targeted

Potential applications include:

• Education
• Agriculture
• Healthcare
• Governance
• Public service delivery

[2020] With the print state of development, Artificial Intelligence can effectively do which of the following?
1. Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units
2. Create meaningful short stories and songs
3. Disease diagnosis
4. Text -to -Speech Conversion
5. Wireless transmission of electrical energy
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

[A] 1, 2, 3 and 5 only

[B] 1, 3 and 4 only

[C] 2, 4 and 5 only

[D] 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5