diff --git a/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/__init__.py b/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/__init__.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from nemo.collections.vlm.inference.base import setup_model_and_tokenizer, generate
diff --git a/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/base.py b/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/base.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+import pytorch_lightning as pl
+import torch
+import torch.distributed
+from megatron.core.inference.common_inference_params import CommonInferenceParams
+from megatron.core.inference.model_inference_wrappers.inference_wrapper_config import InferenceWrapperConfig
+
+import nemo.lightning as nl
+from nemo.collections import vlm
+from nemo.collections.vlm.inference.vlm_inference_wrapper import VLMInferenceWrapper
+from nemo.collections.vlm.inference.vlm_inference_controller import VLMTextGenerationController
+from nemo.collections.vlm.inference.vlm_engine import VLMEngine
+
+def _setup_trainer_and_restore_model(path: str, trainer: nl.Trainer, model: pl.LightningModule):
+    fabric = trainer.to_fabric()
+    model = fabric.load_model(path, model)
+    return model
+
+def setup_model_and_tokenizer(
+    path: str,
+    trainer: Optional[nl.Trainer] = None,
+    params_dtype: torch.dtype = torch.bfloat16,
+    inference_batch_times_seqlen_threshold: int = 1000,
+):
+    # model: io.TrainerContext = io.load_context(path=path, subpath="model")
+    # trainer = trainer or io.load_context(path=path, subpath="trainer")
+    model_id = "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct"
+    from transformers import AutoProcessor
+
+    processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(model_id)
+    tokenizer = processor.tokenizer
+    config = vlm.MLlamaConfig11BInstruct()
+    model = vlm.MLlamaModel(config, tokenizer=tokenizer)
+    _setup_trainer_and_restore_model(path=path, trainer=trainer, model=model)
+
+    mcore_model = model.module.cuda()
+    mcore_model = mcore_model.to(params_dtype)
+    inference_wrapped_model = VLMInferenceWrapper(
+        mcore_model,
+        InferenceWrapperConfig(
+            hidden_size=config.language_model_config.hidden_size,
+            params_dtype=params_dtype,
+            inference_batch_times_seqlen_threshold=inference_batch_times_seqlen_threshold,
+            padded_vocab_size=tokenizer.vocab_size,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    return inference_wrapped_model, processor
+
+
+def generate(
+    model: VLMInferenceWrapper,
+    processor,
+    prompts: list[str],
+    images,
+    max_batch_size: int = 4,
+    random_seed: Optional[int] = None,
+    inference_params: Optional[CommonInferenceParams] = None,
+) -> dict:
+    text_generation_controller = VLMTextGenerationController(inference_wrapped_model=model, processor=processor)
+    mcore_engine = VLMEngine(
+        text_generation_controller=text_generation_controller, max_batch_size=max_batch_size, random_seed=random_seed
+    )
+
+    common_inference_params = inference_params or CommonInferenceParams(num_tokens_to_generate=50)
+
+    results = mcore_engine.generate(
+        prompts=prompts,
+        images=images,
+        common_inference_params=common_inference_params,
+    )
+
+    return results
diff --git a/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/vlm_engine.py b/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/vlm_engine.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from typing import List
+from PIL.Image import Image
+
+import torch
+
+from megatron.core.inference.common_inference_params import CommonInferenceParams
+from megatron.core.inference.inference_request import InferenceRequest
+from megatron.core.inference.engines.mcore_engine import MCoreEngine
+
+class VLMEngine(MCoreEngine):
+    def generate(
+        self,
+        prompts: List[str],
+        images: List[Image] = None,
+        common_inference_params: CommonInferenceParams = None,
+    ) -> dict:
+        # TODO :M core- get rng state tracker
+        if self.random_seed:
+            torch.random.manual_seed(self.random_seed)
+
+        for i in range(len(prompts)):
+            prompt = prompts[i]
+            image = images[i] if images is not None else None
+            prompt_tokens, image_dict = self.text_generation_controller.tokenize_prompt(prompt, image)
+
+            self.scheduler.add_request(
+                prompt=prompt,
+                prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
+                encoder_prompt=image_dict,
+                inference_parameters=common_inference_params,
+            )
+
+        self.run_engine()
+
+        result: List[InferenceRequest] = self.scheduler.completed_request_pool.values()
+        return result
diff --git a/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/vlm_inference_controller.py b/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/vlm_inference_controller.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from typing import OrderedDict
+
+import torch
+
+from megatron.core.inference.inference_request import InferenceRequest
+from megatron.core.inference.text_generation_controllers.simple_text_generation_controller import (
+    SimpleTextGenerationController,
+)
+
+class TokenizerWrapper:
+    def __init__(self, tokenizer):
+        self.eod = tokenizer.eos_token_id
+        self.vocab_size = None
+        self._tokenizer = tokenizer
+
+    def detokenize(self, tokens):
+        return self._tokenizer.decode(tokens, skip_special_tokens=True)
+
+class VLMTextGenerationController(SimpleTextGenerationController):
+    def __init__(self, inference_wrapped_model, processor):
+        super().__init__(inference_wrapped_model, TokenizerWrapper(processor.tokenizer))
+        self.processor = processor
+
+    def tokenize_prompt(self, prompt: str, image):
+        num_tiles = None if image is None \
+            else self.processor.image_processor.preprocess(image, return_tensors='pt', do_rescale=False)["num_tiles"]
+        batch = self.processor(image, prompt, add_special_tokens=False, return_tensors="pt")
+        image_dict = dict(
+            pixel_values=batch["pixel_values"].cuda(non_blocking=True) if "pixel_values" in batch else None,
+            aspect_ratio_ids=batch["aspect_ratio_ids"].cuda(non_blocking=True) if "aspect_ratio_ids" in batch else None,
+            num_tiles=num_tiles,
+        )
+        return batch["input_ids"].tolist()[0], image_dict
+
+    def prep_model_for_inference(
+        self, prompts_tokens: torch.Tensor, active_requests: OrderedDict[int, InferenceRequest]
+    ):
+        """Preparing batch for inference, using respective wrapper's prep_model_for_inference method
+
+        Args:
+            prompts_tokens (torch.Tensor): A tensor of shape [batch_size, max_sequence_length]
+            active_requests (OrderedDict[int, InferenceRequest]): The input active requests
+        """
+        images = list(
+            map(lambda request: request.encoder_prompt, active_requests.values())
+        )
+
+        self.inference_wrapped_model.prep_model_for_inference(
+            prompts_tokens=prompts_tokens, image_dict=images
+        )
diff --git a/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/vlm_inference_wrapper.py b/nemo/collections/vlm/inference/vlm_inference_wrapper.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from argparse import Namespace
+from typing import List, Dict
+
+import torch
+
+from megatron.core import tensor_parallel
+from megatron.core.inference.model_inference_wrappers.abstract_model_inference_wrapper import (
+    AbstractModelInferenceWrapper,
+)
+
+
+class VLMInferenceWrapper(AbstractModelInferenceWrapper):
+    """Constructor for the model inference wrapper
+
+    The wrapper prepares the model for inference, provides the required input
+    data, and runs the forward pass
+
+    Args:
+        model (T5Model): The T5 model (MCore or legacy)
+        args (Namespace): The command line arguments that were passed
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, model, args: Namespace):
+        super().__init__(model, args)
+
+    def prep_model_for_inference(
+            self, prompts_tokens: torch.Tensor, image_dict: List[Dict] = None
+        ):
+
+        super().prep_model_for_inference(prompts_tokens=prompts_tokens)
+        self.pixel_values = image_dict[0]["pixel_values"]
+        self.aspect_ratio_ids = image_dict[0]["aspect_ratio_ids"]
+        self.num_tiles = image_dict[0]["num_tiles"]
+        seq_length = prompts_tokens.size(1)
+        self.position_ids = (
+            torch.arange(seq_length, dtype=torch.long, device=prompts_tokens.device)
+            .unsqueeze(0)
+            .expand_as(prompts_tokens)
+        )
+
+    def get_batch_for_context_window(
+        self, context_start_position: int, context_end_position: int
+    ) -> List:
+        tokens2use  = self.prompts_tokens[:, :context_end_position]
+        positions2use = self.position_ids[:, :context_end_position]
+        data_at_step_idx = [tokens2use, positions2use]
+
+        return data_at_step_idx
+
+    def forward_pass_without_pipeline_parallel(self, inference_input: List) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """Utility to carry out simple forward pass for TP or no model parallel models
+
+        Runs a very simple forward pass for model. Used  in the case of models without
+        any parallelism or only tensor parallelism.
+
+        Args:
+            inference_input (List): A list containg the inputs for the gpt
+                model [tokens, position ids, attention mask]
+
+        Returns:
+            torch.Tensor: The output logits of shape [batch_size, seq_len, padded_vocab_size]
+        """
+        tokens2use, positions2use = inference_input
+        logits = self.model(
+            batch_images=self.pixel_values,
+            batch_masks=[[[5, 512]]] if self.num_tiles is not None else None,
+            num_chunks=self.num_tiles,
+            aspect_ratio_ids=self.aspect_ratio_ids,
+            tokens=tokens2use,
+            position_ids=positions2use,
+        )
+        logits = tensor_parallel.gather_from_tensor_model_parallel_region(logits)
+
+        return logits