Draft:Ankush Sabharwal


Ankush Sabharwal
Ankush Sabharwal Clicked Near His Office
Born
Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India
CitizenshipIndian
EducationBITS Pilani (M.S.)
Alma materBITS Pilani
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounder and CEO of CoRover
Websitehttps://bharatgpt.ai/
https://corover.ai/

Ankush Sabharwal is an Indian entrepreneur and technology executive, founder and chief executive officer of CoRover, an Indian AI Company associated with the development of BharatGPT, a multilingual AI platform focused on Indian languages and enterprise applications.[1][2][3]

He has been associated with the development of AI-powered virtual assistants from government, enterprise and public-service applications in India.[4][5] He is known for his contributions to conversational AI, language technologies and the deployment of AI-driven digital assistance platforms in India. [6]

Early life and education

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Ankush was born in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He completed his education locally before pursuing higher education in computer science. He earned his Master of Science (MS) degree in Software Systems from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. He is an alumnus of BITS Pilani, ICFAI and IIM-C.[7]

Career

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Sabharwal founded CoRover as a conversational AI company focused on virtual assistants, enterprise automation and multilingual AI technologies. He has contributed in the developments of BharatGPT, an AI platform designed to support voice and text interactions across multiple Indian languages. He has been associated with initiatives involving conversational AI for public-sector and enterprise use cases in India.[8][9]

Sabharwal has commented publicly on sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure in India, including discussions around multilingual AI systems, enterprise adoption and data governance requirements. [8]

In 2025, CoRover partnered with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) to launch Mahakhubh AI Sahayata, an AI assistant development to help pilgrims attending the Mahakhubh gathering with navigation and information services.[10][11][12]

Awards and recognition

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In 2020, Ask Sarkar, an AI platform associated with CoRover that gives verified information related to government schemes, was reported among the winners of the Government of India's Aatma Nirbhar App Innovation Challenge.[13][14]

In 2026, Sabharwal served as a member of the jury for the Economic Times Education Excellence Award.[15]

References

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  1. Bhatt, Shashank (2025-01-30). "From Krutrim to Sarvam: Here are Top Indian Start-Ups Building Foundational LLMs". Outlook Business. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  2. Chaturvedi, Megha (2024-01-14). "BharatGPT: Making PM Modi's AI vision a reality in 22 Indian languages". India Today. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  3. Mali, Krishna (2025-10-19). "India's BharatGPT Moment: CoRover Ankush Sabharwal on Building Human-Centric AI for Enterprises". TechGraph. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  4. Abrar, Peerzada. "Perfect human-machine interaction likely in 12-18 months: CoRover CEO". www.business-standard.com. Archived from the original on 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  5. Barik, Soumyarendra (2026-02-17). "BharatGPT creator explains: 'Lack of Maths PhDs a genuine problem for India, but not key for building AI solutions'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  6. Banerjee, Niloy (2024-04-26). "Ankush Sabharwal, CEO of CoRover.ai on BharatGPT, AI". The Volt Post. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  7. "Ankush Sabharwal". indiaai.gov.in. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  8. 1 2 Uberoi, Jagjeet Singh (2025-08-22). "Building India's Sovereign AI | Ankush Sabharwal on BharatGPT - ET Edge Insights". Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  9. Sengupta, Ramarko. "Built for Bharat: How CoRover and BharatGPT are powering enterprise AI from the ground up". ETEnterpriseai.com. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  10. www.ETGovernment.com. "ONDC, CoRover partner to launch 'Mahakumbh AI Sahayata' powered by BharatGPT for pilgrims' support". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  11. Hindu Bureau, The (2025-01-30). "Mahakumbh AI Sahayata chatbot by ONDC and CoRover launched to assist pilgrims". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  12. "Press-Releases-Details". ONDC | Open Network for Digital Commerce. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  13. "Ankush Sabharwal led AskSarkar.com, Powered by CoRover among the winners of Aatma Nirbhar App Innovation Challenge". www.forbesindia.com. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  14. IANS (2020-08-10). "Meet the winners of 'AatmaNirbhar' app innovation challenge". Express Computer. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  15. Kukreti, Anubha. "ETEducation Excellence Awards 2026 returns to recognise excellence across India's learning ecosystem". ETEducation.com. Retrieved 2026-06-15.

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