The Intel and Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, has collaborated to launch ‘Innovate for Digital India Challenge’ which will focus on the creation of products to increase technology adoption in India. This will eventually result in the creation of a local technology ecosystem. This challenge will be open to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, innovators, academia, designers, engineers and makers from diverse backgrounds.
Participants will be provided mentoring by industry stalwarts and Intel experts, assistance in terms of technical know-how, access to product kits and infrastructure, and commercialisation opportunities. They will also be offered market linkages and access to funds to help make their ideas a reality. The challenge was designed with support from the Department for Electronics and Information Technology, MyGov.in and will be managed by IIM Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).
R S Sharma, secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, led the launch event together with HK Mittal, member secretary, National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB); Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, MyGov.in; Professor Rakesh Basant, chairperson, CIIE; Vikas Jain, co-founder, Micromax Informatics; and Debjani Ghosh, vice president, sales and marketing group and managing director, Intel South Asia.