Our Mission
Built in India. For India. For the World.

AI that works for
everyone, everywhere.

We started with one question: why should AI require the internet? We're building the answer — in India, for the world.

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Oculosense · NIT Hamirpur · Smart India Hackathon Winner · Building AI for Bharat

The Story
How it started

From a dorm room at NIT Hamirpur to 12 Indian states.

We started at NIT Hamirpur with a simple, uncomfortable observation: AI tools were being built for people with fast internet, expensive phones, and English as a first language. That's not India.

Billions of Indians live in areas with unreliable connectivity. Millions of visually impaired Indians have zero access to AI tools. We decided both problems deserved hardware solutions — not apps, not cloud services, but purpose-built devices that work offline, in Indian languages, for real Indian conditions.

We won Smart India Hackathon. We built Drishti first — 1,000+ units deployed across 12 states. Then we built Frames — India's first open-platform AI smart glasses. We're just getting started.

Work with us → See Drishti's impact
What We Believe

Our principles.

Every product decision we make comes back to these.

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Works offline, always
If it requires the internet to work, it doesn't work for most of India. Every product we build must work with offline mode — no internet dependency. This is non-negotiable.
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Privacy is not optional
Your data belongs to you. We don't harvest it, sell it, or send it to servers. On-device processing means on-device privacy — by design, not by promise.
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Open beats closed
Open-source platforms create ecosystems. We open our SDK, our platform, and our tools because we believe what gets built on top of Oculosense will be greater than what we build alone.
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India deserves Indian AI
AI built for India speaks Indian languages, works in Indian conditions, and is priced for Indian realities. We refuse to build for the West and retrofit for India.
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Accessibility is a right
Drishti exists because we believe technology that changes lives must reach those who need it most. Accessibility is not a feature — it is a fundamental obligation.
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Hardware matters
Apps and services depend on hardware someone else controls. We build the hardware layer because that's where real independence — for users and builders — actually lives.
Timeline

How far we've come.

2022

Founded at NIT Hamirpur

A small team of engineers begins building AI hardware with offline mode for India, starting with assistive technology for the visually impaired.

2023

Smart India Hackathon Winner

Drishti wins the Government of India's Smart India Hackathon — India's largest open innovation challenge — validating the concept nationally.

2024

1,000+ Drishti units deployed

Through NGO and CSR partnerships, Drishti reaches 1,000+ visually impaired users across 12 Indian states. 10+ Indian languages added.

2025

Frames launches

India's first open-platform AI smart glasses for general users ships. Open SDK, app store, HD camera, offline mode — built in India, priced for India.

2026

Next: 10,000 Drishti units & global Frames launch

We're scaling Drishti to 10,000 users and bringing Frames to developers and enterprises worldwide. The open platform for smart glasses — built in India.

The Team

Built by engineers who care.

We're a small, focused team of hardware and AI engineers from NIT Hamirpur, united by a single mission.

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Founder · CEO
Hardware & Vision
NIT Hamirpur. Leads hardware design, product strategy, and vision across Frames and Drishti.
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Co-Founder · CTO
AI & Offline Systems
Leads all on-device AI development. Built the on-device inference stack powering both products.
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Head of Software
SDK & Platform
Owns the open SDK, app store infrastructure, and the OculoSensenOS developer platform.
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Head of Impact
Drishti Deployment
Manages all NGO, CSR, and government partnerships. Responsible for every Drishti unit that reaches a user.
Join the Mission

We're hiring. We're partnering. We're building.

If you're an engineer, an NGO, a corporate looking to use CSR, or a developer who wants to build on open hardware — we want to hear from you.

Get in touch → Explore Drishti