Code of Asia -- May 29, 2026

State industrial growth policies with Code of Asia ?

The idea of turning the concept of akshara into a unit for coding of digital information was directly driven by the need to efficiently support bhaaratiiya bhaasha in the digital verse. Dreamchip Electronics was pursuing the design of a processor and system on chip for its digital school bag and formulate a 16-bit phonetic code "Sanskriti" (Sanskriti).

At an SCCI event organized in New Delhi in the year 2015, a senior official from Department of Telecom - Shri Subrat Kumar Prusty encouraged Dreamchip to publish the code as an open specification. Dreamchip agreed and published an executable specification as a draft specification - SCCI Sanskriti.

Shri Subrat Kumar Prusty also spoke about the need for the concept of SOIL (Sanskrit/Standard Operating System for Indian Languages).

In the year 2020 - SCCI created a collaboration group to publish specifications for SCCI Upamaedha - an operating system for smart information devices that efficiently and natively support bhaaratiiya bhaasha. Support for SCCI Sanskriti is considered SCCI upamaedha level-1 compliance point for operating systems.

Dreamchip Siddhi with it's SANKHYA anusthitam OS has emerged as the very first SCCI upamaedha compliant operating system. Think about this - a single 16-bit SCCI Sanskriti akshara can encode the akshara "kri" for all 22 languages of bhaarat ! The same would need nearly 100 times more space when using the popular Unicode specification. A 16-bit code has allowed the design of efficient hardware chips to power say a Hindi or Odia display for something like an earth moving equipment in a mine or an advanced pick and place machine for a PCB assembly line. This shows how technology can turn the value of the most commonly available skill in India - bhaaratiiya bhaasha gyan - into a valuable skill for the economy.

Today the technology platform which can take bhaaratiiya bhaasha to the manufacturing shop floors is ready. Now, a larger question has emerged ! Can SCCI Sanskriti be used for other languages of Asia ? Other languages of the world ?

Last week when Dreamchip Electronics added a proof of concept support for Tibetan lipi on the Siddhi Digital School Bag, it has turned that idea into an emerging reality. The Code of Asia.

State governments interested in formulating industry promotion policies for the development of smart industrial displays for Asia are encouraged to contact SCCI for policy knowledge support.

Please do contact SCCI Chair - gopi@sankhya.com for any questions on the Code of Asia.