FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge:
The government has extended the last date of participation and submission in FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge till 15th of September.
- Ministry of Electronics and IT has appealed to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) innovators to participate in large numbers to drive the FOSS revolution to its maximum potential.
- In July this year, on the occasion of 7-year anniversary of MyGov, the Ministry had launched #FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge to accelerate adoption of Free and Open Source Software in Government and build Indian FOSS Ecosystem.
- Through this challenge, various innovators, start-ups, working professionals, academics and students in India are invited to showcase their existing FOSS based innovations or build new, implementable, open-source product innovations in Customer Relationship Management and Enterprise Resource Planning.
- The winners of the Challenge will receive cash rewards and incubation support to scale their products for listing on Government e Market.