Indian AI Company Sarvam AI Partners with AIAI to Advance AI Education and Innovation in Nepal

 

Kathmandu. Indian AI company Sarvam AI and the Asian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AIAI) have entered into a strategic partnership to promote artificial intelligence (AI) education, talent development, research, practical innovation, and responsible AI adoption in Nepal. 

The partnership was formalized on July 10, 2026, through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Dr. Vivek Raghavan, Co-founder and Director of Sarvam AI, and Sunil KC, Founding Director of AIAI.

Under the agreement, Sarvam AI's full-stack AI platform and technical expertise will be introduced in Nepal through AIAI's institutional network, creating a collaborative bridge for AI capabilities between India and Nepal.

According to the MoU, AIAI will serve as Sarvam AI's country partner in Nepal. AIAI, a sister organization of the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA), will lead the "Sarvam Forward Nepal" initiative as part of the broader "Sarvam for Nepal" program.

The institute will coordinate with universities, government agencies, businesses, startups, and development partners to implement training programs, pilot projects, and ecosystem-building initiatives.

The partnership aims to strengthen Nepal's capacity not only to use AI technologies but also to understand, develop, regulate, and deploy them responsibly. The formal launch of Sarvam Forward Nepal is scheduled to take place in Kathmandu on 15 August.

Building Nepal's AI Capacity

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Dr. Vivek Raghavan said Nepal possesses the talent, linguistic diversity, and institutional ambition needed to build meaningful AI capabilities. "AI only becomes truly meaningful when people can use it in their own languages and when it strengthens the institutions they rely on daily," he said.

Raghavan added that the partnership would support students, educators, developers, public institutions, and businesses in moving beyond experimentation toward responsible, real-world AI adoption, describing the initiative as a model for regional technological cooperation.

Sunil KC said Nepal's AI transformation would depend not merely on the availability of new technologies but on developing the capacity to build and apply them effectively. "Only when our universities, teachers, youth, public institutions, and businesses develop the ability to use and build with these technologies will AI truly transform Nepal," he said.

He added that the partnership seeks to ensure Nepal participates in the AI era not only as a consumer but also as a creator, innovator, and contributor.

Focus on Education and Institutional Development

The collaboration will explore initiatives covering AI literacy, faculty and student development, campus AI systems, developer pathways, startup support, executive education, enterprise adoption, and research in local languages.

Both organizations plan to introduce AI literacy programs for schools, colleges, and universities alongside faculty training, student builder cohorts, engineering tracks, developer bootcamps, campus AI assistants, and institutional AI transformation programs.

The partnership will also explore AI applications for government services, healthcare administration, document intelligence, citizen information systems, enterprise productivity, and other sector-specific institutional challenges.

What is 'Sarvam Forward Nepal'?

According to AIAI, Sarvam Forward Nepal is a public-interest initiative designed to expand access to AI education and promote responsible AI use among public universities, community campuses, government schools, teachers, students, women, rural communities, and underserved institutions.

The program is expected to include free or affordable AI literacy courses, faculty orientation sessions, public webinars, Women in AI cohorts, regional capacity-building initiatives, scholarships, fellowships, and workshops on responsible AI.

AI for Nepal's Languages

The partnership also places significant emphasis on developing AI technologies for Nepal's linguistic diversity.

Sarvam AI and AIAI will jointly explore research and applications in Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Nepal Bhasa, Tamang, Magar, and other local languages.

Potential areas of collaboration include speech recognition, translation, document digitization, educational content localization, multilingual datasets, evaluation benchmarks, and public information systems.

The organizations said all language- and data-related work will follow principles of informed consent, intellectual property protection, privacy, data governance, and responsible AI development.

Sarvam AI's platform already includes multilingual speech recognition, text-to-speech, translation, dubbing, conversational AI, and document digitization technologies designed for large-scale deployment.

Supporting Nepal's AI Ecosystem

The partnership also aims to strengthen Nepal's emerging AI ecosystem by supporting developers, researchers, startups, and technology organizations through hackathons, innovation labs, startup cohorts, API testing programs, university innovation initiatives, demo days, and India-Nepal startup exchanges.

In addition, the organizations plan to launch executive AI readiness programs and sector-specific initiatives for banking, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing, hospitality, education, healthcare, media, and professional services.

About Sarvam AI

Sarvam AI is an Indian full-stack sovereign AI company developing AI infrastructure, foundation models, and enterprise AI solutions across sectors, including banking, insurance, government technology, and defense.

Under the India AI Mission, the company was selected by the Indian government to develop the country's sovereign large language model (LLM). In June 2026, Sarvam AI announced the first closing of its $300 million Series B funding round, raising $234 million at a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion.

AIAI, meanwhile, focuses on advancing AI education, research, innovation, institutional transformation, and responsible AI adoption in Nepal through collaborations with academic institutions, government agencies, and industry partners.

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