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India AI Mission Launches Indigenous Varya Video AI Model

Published on 15 Jun 2026

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India AI Mission Launches Indigenous Varya Video AI Model
  • Avtaar.ai, supported by the IndiaAI Mission, launched Varya, a distilled video generation model that reduces creation steps from 50 to 4, making it up to 10x more cost-efficient. Priced at ₹0.48 per second, it generates culturally relevant videos for education, e-commerce, and storytelling across India’s diverse contexts.
  • The model enables simple text-to-video conversion and supports population-scale accessibility. Union Secretary S. Krishnan and Avtaar CEO Sravanth Aluru highlighted its role in building indigenous, affordable AI capabilities for inclusive innovation in India.
Source: SarkariPariksha