Introducing our national AI partnership and collaboration in India
We believe that AI will be the most transformative technology in human history and should be used in ways that benefit all of humanity. This requires intensive, strategic collaboration between frontier AI labs, governments, academia, and the public.
To fully realize the potential of AI, Google DeepMind is working with governments through our National AI Partnership program to expand access to our AI capabilities across borders, helping to ensure they are deployed to serve citizens and meet national priorities in science, education, sustainability, and public services.
Building on our collaboration with the US and UK governments, we are building new partnerships with Indian government agencies and local institutions. In the global AI revolution, India is showing exceptional leadership in harnessing the technology to address its biggest challenges. But India is moving forward, playing an important international role by convening this week the fourth global conference on AI for governments, companies and civil society. International discussions and collaborations will direct positive impacts and create the global frameworks needed to prepare society for a future with AI.
Collaboration in India to expand the reach of AI
Our partnership is designed to accelerate the pace of progress across India. Here are just a few ways we're working together to open up new opportunities in science and education.
To promote scientific achievement
Google DeepMind, Google Research and Google.org are collaborating with the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to facilitate the adoption of AI models to advance science. We provide access to our AI Frontiers of Science models, support hackathons and community competitions, and enable training and mentoring for students, researchers, and those in the early stages of their careers.
Indian researchers and engineers will be able to use our AI tools, including:
- AlphaGenome: An AI model to help scientists better understand how mutations affect a variety of gene functions.
- AI Co-scientist: A multi-agent AI system that acts as a virtual scientific collaborator
- Earth AI: A suite of models built on Gemini's advanced thinking that helps businesses, nonprofits, and cities with everything from environmental monitoring to disaster response.
Scientists around the world are already using AlphaFold – our AI system that can accurately predict the structure and interactions of proteins, DNA, RNA, ligands and more – to accelerate discovery. India represents the fourth largest AlphaFold worldwide, with more than 180,000 researchers using it today. We hope to see Indian scientists benefit even more from using AlphaGenome and the other AI programs we now offer.
We are also working to support scientific AI at a global level. That's why, today at the India Conference, we announced the $30 million Google.org impact challenge: AI for Science, an open call for researchers, nonprofits, and social enterprises in India, and around the world, to use AI to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Selected awardees will also have the opportunity to participate in the Google.org Accelerator, receiving engineering support, professional training, and infrastructure from Google DeepMind and Google Research to turn their ideas into tangible products.
Empowering India's Students and Teachers for an AI-powered future
Our recent research with Ipsos has shown that learning is the top motivation for using AI globally. This is especially true in India, which now leads the world in daily use of Gemini by students. We see AI can drive deeper understanding and critical thinking when it is purpose-built for learning and used as a supportive partner for teachers.
At City Montessori School in Lucknow, teachers are incorporating Guided Learning into math classes for Grade 8-9 students and are seeing a positive response. An early analysis of a randomized control study conducted by Fab AI shows that students show a desire for deep learning, not just quick answers: in almost three out of four Gemini conversations, students wanted to improve their understanding instead of a quick answer or a shortcut.
That's why we're expanding efforts with more partners to supercharge the power of learning for more Indian students and teachers:
- It enables innovation hubs and GenAI assistants: Together with Atal Tinkering Labs, which serves more than 10,000 Indian schools and 11 million students, we will help embed robotics and code into the local curriculum, integrate Gemini thoughtfully into teacher workflows, and build a securely monitored AI assistant for students based on national curriculum standards that can serve as an educational partner. Teachers can access real-time tips to help students fix a robot that's missing a part with readily available materials or fix a broken design by pointing the camera at it or asking Gemini in conversation.
- Transforming textbooks into interactive digital journeys: In a first-of-its-kind partnership with PM Publishers Pvt. Ltd., a K-12 textbook publisher in India, Gemini will be used to transform two million textbooks into AI-powered journeys across more than 250 subjects and 2,000 schools. Each book has a QR code that students can scan to access a custom Gem (special versions of the Gemini AI model), which acts as an expert assistant on the subject, providing summaries and answers to the book's content accordingly.
- Serving India's linguistic diversity: There is incredible potential for AI to have a positive impact on education if it is developed in collaboration with experts and based on local language and culture. Building on Google.org's recent $2 million founding donation to establish the new Indic Language Technologies Research Hub at IIT Bombay, we will help integrate India's linguistic diversity into AI as it advances globally.
These efforts build on the global success of existing AI literacy programs such as Experience AI, a joint partnership between Google DeepMind and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which has reached up to 300,000 students and 8,000 teachers in India.
AI solutions for India's agriculture and energy sectors
Our new partnership in science and education builds on our ongoing collaboration with local organizations in India to address global challenges in agriculture and energy security. In collaboration with Indian startups, institutions such as the Council for Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), and Indian government and central government agencies are using the APIs of our freely available Agri AI models to improve agricultural resilience, crop productivity and farmers' incomes. TerraStack also uses Google AI to combine satellite, crop, and weather data, with local insights that help farmers make better agricultural decisions.
We also recently announced a growing partnership with Open Climate Fix to integrate our WeatherNext AI models into India's power grid performance. We aim to significantly improve the accuracy of renewable energy forecasts in India, help grid operators manage volatility, and support the country's clean energy goals. When testing the integration of WeatherNext into the OCF wind generation forecast, the results showed an improvement of up to 8% in forecast performance.
The partnership comes as India rapidly scales up its renewable capacity, becoming the world's third largest generator of solar power by 2023, with a target of installing 500 GW of renewable power by 2030. Working together on energy solutions has never been more important – we remain committed to working with India's experts to advance this effort together to prepare for the future.
Preparing for the future together
The global impact of AI is inevitable, but its success is not. To transform the potential into success, we are committed to deep, local collaboration with Indian government agencies and institutions to ensure that AI delivers tangible results across the continent—and the world.
