Government has launched the indigenous AI foundational models Eka-1 by Soket Labs and Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B by ZenteiQ.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary of the Electronics and IT Ministry S. Krishnan said the public release of these foundational AI models marks an important step towards building a strong and strategic AI ecosystem in the country.

He said that these models have several potential applications, including cybersecurity and can significantly enhance productivity and operational efficiency.

Emphasising their importance, Mr Krishnan noted that these models can also be deployed in air-gapped environments, opening new possibilities for secure and enterprise – based Artificial Intelligence applications in the country.

EKA-1 is a powerful Foundation Model featuring 26.3 billion parameters and trained on approximately 7.5 trillion tokens. It demonstrates advanced capabilities, spanning all 22 scheduled Indian languages alongside English.

Built as an open, sparse hybrid language model, EKA-1 is designed for math, code, reasoning, and agentic use.

Dhīr 2B and Dhīr 5B enable offline-capable, document-grounded automation, knowledge retrieval and citizen or enterprise services across defence, government, industrial and educational sectors, particularly in low-connectivity or sensitive environments.