Mumbai: Eros Innovation, through its sovereign AI platform Eros GenAI, has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Stone Artisan Park Training Institute (SAPTI), functioning under the Commissioner of Geology & Mining, Government of Gujarat, to support artisan youth through an integrated framework combining preventive health, ethical AI, skill development, and cultural preservation. The initiative aims to strengthen the physical, emotional, and livelihood readiness of artisan communities while sustaining India’s rich sculptural and stone-craft heritage.
The programme will be implemented across SAPTI campuses at Ambaji and Dhrangadhra, positioning them as pilot centres for AI-enabled artisan wellness and youth empowerment, aligned with Gujarat’s broader priorities around skills, health, and cultural sustainability. The collaboration builds on Eros GenAI’s existing deployment in population-scale preventive health programmes, where its sovereign, ethical AI foundation models are already being used for early detection, longitudinal wellness analytics, and public health decision-making in collaboration with national institutions.
At the core of the initiative is Eros GenAI, a sovereign AI platform designed for Indian social, workforce, and public-good applications. Under the SAPTI partnership, the platform’s LifeScience and preventive-health models are being adapted to address the unique occupational, physical, and emotional health needs of stone artisans. These include AI-assisted preventive health screening for vitals, haemoglobin, respiratory health, posture stress, and musculoskeletal risks; early-risk identification for fatigue and repetitive strain; and personalised wellness insights through AI-enabled health profiling. The programme will also create secure, consent-based digital preventive health records, enable long-term trend analysis using anonymised data, and generate AI-driven recommendations for nutrition, lifestyle balance, and work ergonomics.
In addition, the initiative introduces an AI-supported emotional and mental wellbeing framework, featuring structured assessments, group-level stress and resilience indicators, and technology-assisted awareness programmes for artisan youth. On the livelihood front, AI-enabled skill profiling will support market readiness and visibility, alongside exposure to digital platforms, social-media enablement, and content discovery, laying the foundation for future integration with e-commerce platforms, exhibitions, and global cultural marketplaces.
SAPTI will serve as a real-world pilot environment to validate, refine, and scale these AI models in alignment with Government of Gujarat priorities for youth development, artisan livelihoods, and cultural preservation. The collaboration is envisioned as a scalable public framework that can be extended to other artisan clusters and skill institutions across Gujarat and India.
Commenting on the collaboration, Shri D. K. Patel, O.S.D. – C.G.M. & Director, Stone Artisan Park Training Institute (SAPTI), Government of Gujarat, said, “This collaboration creates a new pathway for artisan youth—where heritage is preserved, health is strengthened, and technology expands opportunity. By combining traditional craftsmanship with digital and AI-enabled platforms, we are empowering young artisans to take their work from local legacy to national and global recognition.”
Dr. Shilpa Desai, CEO, Eros HealthScience and R&D, said, “Building on our work in population-scale preventive health, we are now adapting Eros GenAI’s LifeScience models to support artisan youth. Through SAPTI, we are creating a system where physical health, emotional wellbeing, and livelihood readiness are addressed together using ethical AI tailored for Indian communities.”
By extending AI models already validated in large-scale preventive health deployments, the Eros Innovation–SAPTI partnership demonstrates how sovereign GenAI systems can be adapted across diverse workforce, artisan, and youth-development contexts, setting the stage for broader replication across the country.
