Gyan Bharatam, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Culture, is aimed at unearthing, safeguarding, and preserving India's vast manuscript heritage. The panel discussion will focus on exploring national and global initiatives under the Gyan Bharatam to bridge India's timeless knowledge systems with modern technologies by development and implementation of AI and OCR/HTR solutions for decoding ancient Indian scripts and languages for Large Language Model (LLM) applications and harnessing the power of manuscripts