Frontier Research. Open Source. Built for India.
SafAI: India's Indigenous VLA Model for Robotics
Our vision-language-action (VLA) model for sewer inspection robotics. Built by SARAL, live on HuggingFace.
Quantum-Ready Grids for India
QuantumGridOS: open-source hybrid quantum-classical grid simulation, live on GitHub.
The Indian Grid, Decoded
Deep research into India's power infrastructure. Grid modernization rooted in local context.
Tara: An Indic Language Model
A decoder-only transformer optimized for low-resource Indic languages and edge deployment.
Our Mandate
We cut the cost of frontier research and make the cutting edge simple to reach
AI-native from day one, we use machine intelligence to collapse the overhead of deep-tech research. If India takes leadership in energy, AI, quantum, and robotics, it can solve its public health, social, and economic challenges faster than any major economy on earth. That is the mission.
Energy Systems
Grid modernization, data centres, clean energy transition
Artificial Intelligence
Indic language models, edge AI, knowledge systems
Quantum Computing
Hybrid algorithms, grid optimization, open frameworks
Robotics
Sewer robotics, embodied AI, VLA inference
Powering India's Grid Transformation
Grid modernization, data centre energy strategy, and Global South energy independence. Research rooted in local context with global rigor.
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Homegrown AI for Bharat
Indic language models, edge-optimized inference, and intelligent knowledge systems. Building India's AI capability from first principles.
Learn MoreEmbodied AI at the Edge
From sewer inspection to agricultural surveying. Adaptive precision inference where intelligent machines meet India's real-world constraints.
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Quantum Advantage, Engineered
Open-source frameworks and variational algorithms bridging quantum hardware and real-world computation, from grid optimization to molecular simulation.
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Built in the Open
Everything we build is freely available to researchers, governments, and civil society worldwide.
SafAI
India's first indigenously trained vision-language-action (VLA) model for sewer inspection robotics. Designed to end manual scavenging and protect sanitation workers.
QuantumGridOS
Hybrid quantum-classical grid simulation framework. Run variational algorithms on real quantum hardware for power system optimization.
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What We're Working On
Our first wave of peer-reviewed publications is in preparation. Here is where our research stands today.
SafAI: Sewer Robotics & Confined Space AI
SafAI is live: India's first indigenously trained vision-language-action (VLA) model for sewer inspection robotics. Over 900 workers have died in Indian sewers since 2017. This research aims to make that number zero.
Model released on HuggingFaceQuantum Power Grid Optimization
QuantumGridOS is live on GitHub. We are developing the accompanying research paper documenting results on 118-bus systems using variational quantum eigensolvers.
Framework released on GitHubIndia Grid & Data Centre Research
Comprehensive research into India's power grid modernization and data centre energy dynamics. India Data Centre Review 2026 and grid topology studies in preparation.
Research in progressBuilding India's Deep-Tech Talent Pipeline
Open workshops, research fellowships, and technical intensives for students, early-career researchers, and policymakers, at little or no cost. India cannot lead in frontier technology without researchers trained to think independently.
Organizations We've Engaged With
For Partners & Funders
Why Partner With SARAL?
India invests less than 0.7% of GDP in R&D, one of the lowest ratios among major economies. The technologies that will define India's next 25 years are being built in American and Chinese laboratories.
SARAL exists to change that. We are a lean, independent, Section 8 non-profit research council. We have no shareholders to satisfy, no government agenda to serve, and no commercial product to sell. Every rupee we receive goes directly into research, open tools, and training India's next generation of deep-tech talent.
Research That Belongs to the Nation
Every paper, model, and tool we produce is published openly, available to every Indian researcher, institution, and government body that needs it.
CSR-Eligible Under Section 135
As a registered Section 8 non-profit, funding SARAL qualifies under Schedule VII of the Companies Act for scientific research, education, and technology development.
Direct Impact, No Overhead
A lean team of researchers and engineers. No bureaucracy, no middlemen. Your investment funds code, papers, and trained researchers, not office furniture.
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