India Launches Patram-7 B-Instruct: AI Model for Complex Document Processing
India has taken a significant step in AI development with the launch of Patram-77 B-Instruct, the country’s first vision-language foundational AI model explicitly designed for document understanding. Unveiled at the BharatGen National Summit in New Delhi on June 2, 2025, Patram is a multimodal AI model developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad and IIT Bombay under the BharatGen initiative, with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
Patram-7 B-Instruct is a 7-billion-parameter model capable of reading, interpreting, and responding to complex document types, such as scanned papers, handwritten notes, and photographed forms. Unlike traditional models, which are primarily trained on Western datasets, Patram has been tailored to handle the diverse and complex formats, languages, and layouts found in Indian documents. This makes Patram uniquely positioned to support a wide range of applications in governance, legal affairs, education, and business sectors.
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India's Homegrown Solution for Document Intelligence
Developed in just five months by engineers, researchers, and student interns from IIIT-Hyderabad and IIT-Bombay, Patram outperforms global models, including DeepSeek-VL-2, on benchmarks like DocVQA and VisualMRC. Additionally, Patram excels in Patram-Bench, a custom benchmark tailored to Indian document scenarios. The model is available for free on platforms like Hugging Face and AIKosh, making it open-source and accessible to the public.
Patram-7 B-Instruct is part of the broader BharatGen initiative aimed at developing India-centric AI models across text, speech, and vision. The initiative aligns with India’s push for digital governance, AI in public services, and self-reliant technological infrastructure, key components of programs like Digital India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Strengthening India’s AI Capabilities
Patram’s launch marks a milestone in India’s AI journey, with the nation not just catching up but innovating solutions built specifically for its diverse needs. With Patram and tools like DocBodh, India is poised to lead in document intelligence and strengthen its digital governance initiatives
