Bharatavani Portal and App

The Union HRD Minister, Smriti  Irani has launched the multilingual  knowledge portal www.bharatavani.in and app.

Aim:

• The project aims at fostering national integration.
• Its goal is to bring together the people under one portal,to bridge the digital and language divide, with the idea to publish and involve people in the open knowledge movement

Implementation:

• The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru is implementing this ambitious project of MHRD. 
• This project is in line with the HRD Ministry’s efforts to not only ensure universalization of education but also towards creation of a knowledge society in the digital age.

Details:

• Bharatavani is the first knowledge portal of its kind in India which focuses on becoming a single point source for multiple language learning, content and technology.
• The portal will feature content from Indian writers, government and non-government organisations, boards of education, textbook corporations, universities, publication houses and academies.
• The app will enable users to search for one language text in another language as well as get meanings in different languages.
• Currently the App has 35 multilingual Dictionaries and MHRD aims to extend it to 250 dictionaries in a year’s time.