Challenge 2.0'

On a Monday morning, Intel India announces its list of top 10 finalists of the “Intel and DST-Innovate for Digital India Challenge 2.0".  This is a national competition open to all the creative engineers. This competition is basically initiated for solving the real problems with the help of technology. Here real problems we mean problem a person is facing in its day to day life.

“The shortlisted solutions can potentially accelerate projects in the fields of healthcare, smart cities,sustainability and agriculture,” the company said in a statement.

"Local innovators are becoming increasingly passionate about using technology to positively impact lives and Intel India is very excited to be a part of the ecosystem that is making this happen," said Debjani Ghosh, Managing Director and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Intel South Asia.

The companies and teams will leverage Intel architecture (IA) to develop their prototype solutions that integrate Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, open data, cloud technology, devices and/or connectivity aimed at solving India's grassroots problems.

The selected teams will advance to the eight-week "NanoAccelerator" program at the T-Hub startup incubator in Hyderabad. 3 lakh is the grant money received by each team to create minimum viable products (MVPs) based on IA, under the program. Engineering support and hardware kits are also provided by the Intel and to the Intel Maker Lab in Bengaluru as well as the loT Lab at T-Hub in Hyderabad.