Govt launches “Swadeshi' Microprocessor Challenge” to boost self-reliant India
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New Delhi, August 19: Keeping up with the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the Union Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology (MeiyY) on Tuesday launched “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” to provide further impetus to the strong ecosystem of Start-up, innovation, and research in the country.
The “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” is part of the series of proactive, pre-emptive, and graded measures taken by the Ministry to spur the technology-led innovation ecosystem in the country and staying at the forefront of digital adoption, it said. This initiative is aimed at not only meeting India’s future requirements of strategic and industrial sectors but also has the potential to mitigate the issues of security, licensing, technology obsolescence, and most crucially cutting dependency on imports.
Calling students, startups & innovators!
— Ministry of Electronics & IT (@GoI_MeitY) August 18, 2020
Hon'ble Minister of @GoI_MeitY, @rsprasad launched “स्वदेशी Microprocessor Challenge - Innovate Solutions for #AatmanirbharBharat” to provide further impetus to the strong ecosystem of innovation in the country. ➡️https://t.co/JVs0JSpYso pic.twitter.com/kcNwZMqqki
The design, development & fabrication of these state-of-theart processor variants at a foundry in the country and abroad, is the successful step to leapfrog to the ultimate goal of a vibrant ecosystem of Electronic System Design & Manufacturing in the country.The “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” is part of the series of proactive, preemptive, and graded measures taken by MeitY to spur the technology-led innovation ecosystem in the country and staying at the forefront of digital adoption.
Keeping up with the spirit of #AatmaNirbharBharat happy to announce Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge. Make innovative products using microprocessors from IIT Madras & CDAC.
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) August 18, 2020
Invite students, Startups & innovators to take part in this challenge.
Details- https://t.co/SSPZHi6gAe pic.twitter.com/6YQiQcmWRn
Open to students at all levels and startups, the challenge demands contestants to not only tinker with these Swadeshi Processor IPs & facilitate them with innovating the frugal solutions for societal needs but also make available the entire home-grown ecosystem around Swadeshi Processors to develop the complex designs for catering to both global and domestic requirements in near future.
The Challenge spread over ten months, kick-starts with the registration process on Tuesday and culminates in June 2021, with an opportunity for 100 semi-finalists to win total ₹1 crore of the award, 25 finalists to win total ₹1 crore of the prize and top 10 teams entering the finale, will get the seed fund of total ₹2.30 crore and 12 months incubation support.
Above all, participants will get an opportunity to translate their innovations around Swadeshi Processors, showcase them at a higher viewership platform and facilitate them to scale from ideation to marketplace, thereby standing a chance to contribute to the overall mission of #AtmaNirbharta of government, it said.
The design, development, and fabrication of these state-of-the-art processor variants at a foundry in the country and abroad, is the successful step to leapfrog to the ultimate goal of a vibrant ecosystem of Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) in the country, it added.
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