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“Innovate for Digital India Challenge” aims to address local needs

Intel in India and the Department of Science and Technology has announced the call for entries for the Intel & DST- “Innovate for Digital India Challenge”

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Sanghamitra Kar
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BANGALORE, INDIA: Intel in India and the Department of Science and Technology has announced the call for entries for the Intel & DST- “Innovate for Digital India Challenge”.

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The challenge is aimed at fostering a culture of innovation, create solutions that can address local needs and build an empowered ecosystem for pervasive technology adoption in the country.

The challenge will be open to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, innovators, academia, designers, engineers and makers from diverse backgrounds. To participate in the challenge, candidates must register their projects by June 22nd, 2015.

Participants of the Intel & DST- Innovate For Digital India Challenge will be mentored by industry stalwarts and Intel experts. The participants will be trained in technical know-how, will be provided access to product kits and infrastructure and multiple commercialization opportunities.

They will be offered market linkages and access to funds at various stages to enable them to make their solutions readily deployable. The challenge has been designed in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), 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).

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