EKA-1, Dhir-2B and Dhir-5B: How India’s new AI models stack up

The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has rolled out three homegrown AI foundation models for India’s specific use cases. Following on the footsteps of Sarvam, which has been pushing for localised AI models, the MeitY has been backing Soket Labs’ massive, cloud-scale EKA-1 alongside ZenteiQ AiTech’s lightweight, edge-native Dhīr 2B and Dhīr 5B.

Under the IndiaAI Mission, these models are executing a dual-track playbook designed to balance raw enterprise compute with secure, zero-latency local processing.