Pariksha SaathiBHASHINI Konkani Large Language Model launched at Goa AI Tech Conclave 2026
The BHASHINI Konkani Large Language Model (LLM) was launched at the inaugural session of the Goa AI Tech Conclave 2026, held on 22-23 October at INOX, Panaji, under the theme 'AI for People, Planet and Progress'. Launched by the Government of Goa and presented by the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) of Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and IT, the model aims to help AI systems understand and generate Konkani in text and speech; Konkani is written in Devanagari (its official script), Roman and Kannada scripts. BHASHINI provided real-time Konkani-English speech translation of the addresses, and a proposed Data Daan pilot will bring colleges, language experts and Konkani-speaking communities together to build language data, alongside BHASHINI's Bhasha Daan platform for contributing language resources. BHASHINI powers over 800 government websites and supports 36 Indian languages for text and 23 for voice.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution began with 14 languages and now has 22. Sindhi was added in 1967; Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992; and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2003.
Check yourself: in which year was Konkani added to the Eighth Schedule, and which two languages were added with it?
1992; Manipuri and Nepali.
Revision task: from this release, note the model launched, the conclave's venue, dates and theme, the three scripts of Konkani and BHASHINI's website and language figures; from the note, the years in which languages were added to the Eighth Schedule.
Test yourself
Which Large Language Model was launched at the Goa AI Tech Conclave 2026 in Panaji in October 2026?
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Answer: BHASHINI Konkani LLM
The BHASHINI Konkani Large Language Model was launched at the inaugural session of the Goa AI Tech Conclave 2026, held on 22-23 October in Panaji. It aims to help AI systems understand and generate Konkani in text and speech.
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