Lokesh seeks Sberbank’s GigaChat AI and voice-recognition tools to secure UPI
IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh met with Sberbank's Senior Vice-President Albert Yefimov in Moscow to discuss technological collaboration. Lokesh requested the extension of Sberbank's GigaChat AI tools to various sectors in India and sought assistance in enhancing UPI security. The discussions also focused on strengthening economic ties between India and Russia through technology and innovation.
- ▪Nara Lokesh met with Sberbank's Albert Yefimov in Moscow to discuss AI and technology collaboration.
- ▪Lokesh requested the GigaChat AI model for banking, public administration, and retail sectors in India.
- ▪The meeting aimed to strengthen economic ties between India and Russia through technology-led innovations.
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IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh held discussions with Albert Yefimov, Senior Vice-President of Sberbank, one of Russia’s leading financial and technology institutions, in Moscow on Wednesday (June 3, 2026).In a post on X, Mr. Lokesh said he had asked Sberbank to extend its GigaChat large language model (LLM) to the banking, public administration and retail sectors in India. He also sought the bank’s technical help to strengthen the security of the UPI network through advanced voice recognition and biometric anti-fraud systems, and asked it to offer structured credit to pharmaceutical and agricultural exporters in Andhra Pradesh.రష్యా ప్రభుత్వ నియంత్రిత ప్రముఖ రిటైల్ బ్యాంకింగ్ సంస్థ స్బేర్బ్యాంక్ (Sber bank) సీనియర్ వైస్ ప్రెసిడెంట్ ఆల్బర్ట్ యెఫిమోవ్తో మాస్కోలో భేటీ అయ్యాను.
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