Problem Statement
If software platforms are the drivers of the digital economy, then reusable open source systems are its building blocks. In the case of FOSS, these building blocks are made openly available for everyone to tinker, tweak, and improve as they like and to use as building blocks to build other things.
FOSS innovators are invited to propose Ideas/Products/ Innovations, build applications, having applications in the fields of Health, Education, Urban Governance, Agriculture or any other field related to E-governance for public for two categories :
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Eligibility
The Challenge is open for all Indian entrepreneurs and FOSS enthusiasts including startups, students, academia, coders, IT professionals, engineers, UI/UX professionals, etc.
All applicants should:
Be Indian citizens and currently residing in India OR startups/Companies registered in India wherein majority stakeholders are Indians; and
Register either as individuals with atmost 2 supporting team members, with the team leader registering on behalf of the team.
Award Details and Recognition
Exciting cash prizes for the winning solutions
The Top winning teams in each of the two categories (CRM and ERP) will receive INR 20 Lakhs (CRM) + INR 20 Lakhs (ERP) and the second team will receive INR 15 Lakhs (CRM) + INR 15 Lakhs (ERP) and the third team will receive INR 10 Lakhs (CRM) + INR 10 Lakhs (ERP) as funding to further develop and add features to the selected application, along with certificate from the Hon'ble Minister of Electronics & IT.
Omidyar network India (ONI) will provide a special prize of Rs 5 lakh in each category for best citizen centric safeguards.
A chance to receive one -on- one mentorship support by experts to develop and fine-tune your FOSS solutions during the competition
An opportunity to present your solution to an eminent jury of experts from the government, civil society, academia and the industry during the competition.
Incubation support and an opportunity to get solution(s) listed on the government platform GeM for procurement, customisation and use by departments and agencies in the centre and in the states, for the winners.
Stages
The Innovation Challenge is open for participation in teams having experts from all domains of a software development life cycle, including but not limited to FOSS innovators, technology entrepreneurs and Indian Startups, Academia. The FOSS4Gov Innovation challenge will be organised in five stages.
Last Date for Registration (Team formation)
17th August 2021
Last Date for Submission of Ideas
1st September 2021
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