Google expands India’s AI initiative with new initiatives in education, healthcare and cybersecurity – key details | Today’s news
Google announced a number of new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives at Google I/O Connect India, expanding its investments in AI education, healthcare, cybersecurity and language accessibility as part of its broader efforts to support India’s AI ambitions.
Preeti Lobana, Country Manager, Google India, said at the event that India is emerging as one of the fastest growing AI ecosystems in the world.
“Indian creators are already developing AI faster than almost anywhere else. As we move into the agent era, where AI moves from answering questions to safely performing tasks, we are focused on providing the basic infrastructure and handrails the ecosystem needs to scale safely,” she said.
AI Education Initiatives
Google DeepMind has partnered with NASSCOM and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru to deliver a rigorous AI Research Foundations curriculum on the Google Skills platform. The program is designed to equip students and developers with the skills needed to build, fine-tune and evaluate large language models (LLMs) while supporting advanced AI research in India.
Google DeepMind also introduced ATL Saathi, a Gemini-powered desktop application that will help teachers deliver the Atal Tinkering Labs curriculum through interactive lesson planning and hands-on AI experiments.
The app will initially launch in 100 schools in 2026, and Google aims to expand it to 10,000 schools over time.
Separately, Google announced that it will make the Google Play Academy curriculum available to over 10,000 Indian developers. The company works with the governments of Rajasthan, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh to help developers build AI-based applications and use AI agent technologies.
AI for healthcare
Google also announced a new collaboration with AIIMS Delhi to develop Indian AI models for sexual and reproductive health as well as leprosy using the open source Multimodal MedGemma models.
The initiative aims to help healthcare professionals better diagnose and manage these conditions using image and text-based artificial intelligence tools. Google said the results of the project will also be made available to the wider Indian developer ecosystem.
Expanding Cyber Security Support
On the cybersecurity front, Google announced that it is providing early access to Sec-Gemini v3, its specialized AI security model, to select government agencies and enterprise customers, including Flipkart.
Agent AI is designed to help cybersecurity teams investigate incidents faster by analyzing complex security data as AI-based cyber threats become more sophisticated.
Gemini Live expands Indian language support
Google has also expanded Gemini Live’s language capabilities, announcing support for more than 25 Indian languages and dialects.
The update will allow users to access Gemini Live’s real-time voice and vision features in languages such as Marathi, Bhojpuri and Maithili, improving accessibility to a wider range of users across the country.
Dr Manish Gupta, senior director for India and APAC at Google DeepMind, said the real measure of AI progress is its impact in the real world.
“The ultimate measure of AI progress is not just the parameters of the model, but the positive transformation it enables. India is championing this as it implements AI at every level of the economy, from local traders to national health initiatives.”
He added that Google remains committed to bringing frontier AI technologies, on-premise capabilities and security-focused tools to India to support the country’s growing AI ecosystem.
“As we roll out our frontier AI, local capabilities and commitment to security, we aim to accelerate this momentum and look forward to the country’s students, educators, builders and innovators leading India’s AI ambitions.”
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