The government of India is taking all necessary steps to ensure that we are prepared well to face the challenge and threat posed by the growing pandemic of COVID-19 – the Corona Virus. With the active support of the people of India, they have been able to contain the spread of the Virus in their country. The most important factor in preventing the spread of the Virus locally is to empower the citizens with the right information and taking precautions as per the advisories being issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Further, they are also getting inputs with regard to individuals and companies who have developed technologies and innovative solutions, Bioinformatics, datasets, Apps for diagnosis, etc that can be leveraged for strengthening the fight against Corona.
In order to involve the community in the fight against the Virus, they would want you to share your solutions to help fight #Coronavirus. Submitted solutions will be evaluated for adoption and those selected will be suitably rewarded.
Benefits
Prize money-
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1st Prize Rs 1,00,000
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2nd Prize Rs 50,000
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3rd Prize Rs 25,000
Eligibilities
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Applicants who want to participate in COVID 19 Solution Challenge can be individuals or Startups that comply with the definition of a startup as notified by DPIIT vide order no G.S.R. 127(E) dated 19th February 2019.
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For the product to be developed as part of the COVID 19 Solution Challenge, if any IPR/Patent is being used, a contesting entity must possess the legitimate rights to use the IPR/Patents.
MyGov will have the right to chose all submitted solutions and consider it for deployment by scaling it up if found feasible.
Eligible Regions: Open for all
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants must complete and submit the solution through the Apply Now link by uploading either a PDF of the document (max 3 A4 size pages with Font Arial Size 12px) of the solution or a YouTube link of the solution (maximum 3 minutes duration)
Application Deadline: March 31, 2020
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