{"id":375043,"date":"2026-11-04T16:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375043"},"modified":"2026-11-04T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:42:23","slug":"indigenous-foundation-models-eka-1-by-soket-and-dhir-2b-dhir-5b-by-zenteiq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indigenous-foundation-models-eka-1-by-soket-and-dhir-2b-dhir-5b-by-zenteiq\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Foundation Models &#8211; EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India AI Mission Unveils Indigenous Foundation Models, EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ, under the IndiaAI Innovation Centre Pillar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Indigenous Foundation Models &#8211; EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375053\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-375053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-AIR.jpg?resize=253%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Indigenous Foundation Models - EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-AIR.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-AIR.jpg?w=573&amp;ssl=1 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; AIR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indiaai-mission\/\">IndiaAI Mission<\/a><\/strong> released the <strong>indigenous foundation models EKA-1 and Dh\u012br (Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong>\u00a0Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<strong> (MeitY)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>About Models EKA-1:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been <strong>built as an open, sparse hybrid language model.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It is developed by<strong> Soket Labs Technology and Research Private Limited.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It a <strong>powerful Foundation Model<\/strong> featuring <strong>26.3 billion parameters and trained on approximately 7.5 trillion tokens.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It demonstrates <strong>advanced capabilities, spanning all 22 scheduled Indian languages<\/strong> alongside English.<\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> designed for math, code, reasoning, and agentic use.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application:<\/strong> It is an <strong>advanced AI model<\/strong> specifically<strong> tailored to India&#8217;s unique banking, financial services and cybersecurity landscape.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is designed to <strong>address sector-specific requirements, understand India&#8217;s evolving digital ecosystem, and deliver solutions <\/strong>aligned with the country&#8217;s needs and priorities.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>About Dh\u012br (Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>an open-source models.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It is developed by <strong>ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong> These models can be <strong>deployed as secure, on-premise, multilingual assistants supporting English and 10 Indian languages.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>offer the flexibility to run across different computing platforms<\/strong>, including GPUs and TPUs.<\/li>\n<li>Their <strong>lightweight architecture<\/strong> also <strong>enables on-device deployment on mobile phones,<\/strong> without dependence on cloud connectivity.<\/li>\n<li>This<strong> allows users to access AI capabilities locally<\/strong> while <strong>keeping data on their devices, enhancing privacy, security and accessibility.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application:<\/strong> It enable <strong>offline-capable, document-grounded automation, knowledge retrieval, and citizen or enterprise services across<\/strong> <strong>defence, government, industrial, and educational sectors<\/strong> particularly in low-connectivity or sensitive environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India AI Mission Unveils Indigenous Foundation Models, EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ, under the IndiaAI Innovation Centre Pillar. About Indigenous Foundation Models &#8211; EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ The IndiaAI Mission released the indigenous foundation models EKA-1 and Dh\u012br (Dh\u012br 2B &amp;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indigenous-foundation-models-eka-1-by-soket-and-dhir-2b-dhir-5b-by-zenteiq\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indigenous Foundation Models &#8211; EKA-1 by Soket and Dh\u012br 2B &amp; Dh\u012br 5B by ZenteiQ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-375043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}