About Bhashini.ai

Building language technology for how India communicates.

We create products, APIs and services that help enterprises, creators and individuals work across Indian languages.

Our purpose

Make information and digital experiences accessible across languages.

We build practical ways for people to speak, read, translate, listen and create in the language that works for them.

Our story

From language research to products people can use.

Bhashini AI Solutions Private Limited was founded by Dr. Shiva Kumar H. R. and Bhargavi Shivakumar in 2015. Its early work focused on making Indian-language books and information easier to read and hear.

That foundation now supports speech, voice, translation, document processing and video dubbing through apps, APIs and managed services.

2015Company founded
22Indian languages
100+Voices created
100,000+Pages of Kannada literature digitized

Our values

What guides how we work.

Three principles shape the products we build and the way we support our customers.

High performance

Build dependable technology that works at real-world scale.

In-depth understanding

Design for the nuance of Indian languages, voices and contexts.

Positive impact

Make information and digital experiences useful to more people.

Our team

The people behind Bhashini.ai.

Our team brings together language research, product development, operations, media and software engineering.

Dr. Shiva Kumar H. R.

Co-Founder & Director

Dr. Shiva Kumar H. R.

Language-technology researcher and product builder with a PhD from IISc and more than 15 years of experience at IBM Software Labs. His research helped make printed Kannada and Tamil content accessible to people with visual impairments.

Bhargavi Shivakumar

Co-Founder & Director

Bhargavi Shivakumar

Led the creation of more than 100 voices across all 22 Indian languages and the digitization of over 100,000 pages of Kannada literature.

Prof. A. G. Ramakrishnan

Head of Business Development

Prof. A. G. Ramakrishnan

Former Professor of Electrical Engineering and Neuroscience at IISc with more than 25 years of research across speech, reading and Indian-language technologies.

Suparna Manjunath

Director – Strategy & Operations

Suparna Manjunath

Brings 15 years across technology, product management and operations, turning company strategy into scalable processes, partnerships and sustainable growth.

Jagadish Hugar, also known as Junty

Sales & Business Development

Jagadish Hugar (Junty)

A filmmaker and production-house builder applying voice cloning and VelvetDub to help media teams tell stories and reach audiences across languages.

Niranjan Kamath

Sales & Business Development

Niranjan Kamath

A mechatronics engineer with more than seven years across product engineering and sales, connecting client requirements with development and operations.

Maithri G. S.

Full Stack Developer

Maithri G. S.

A computer-science engineer with six years of experience across Java, Kotlin, Flutter and Vue, building reliable mobile and web products.

Work with us

Bring Indian-language experiences to more people.

Talk to our team about enterprise deployments, partnerships or premium dubbing.

Contact Bhashini.ai