AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge to identify the best Indian Apps to become world class Apps in their respective categories

Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge

INDICATIVE LIST OF SUB CATEGORIES AND PROBLEM STATEMENTS

A mobile application harnessing the most accurate facial and / or body mapping technology to allow for a true-to-life virtual try out of products like spectacles, clothes, etc.

Mobile application for real-time speech-to-speech translation and camera translation of multiple languages.

An automated web-based application that handles business-to-business lead generation and cold emailing and is completely manageable from a mobile device itself.

Application to use mobile devices as image scanners with features like on the fly image correction, image editing, text recognition, etc.

Application to provide cloud storage integration, cross-platform file transfer via FTP or LAN, and a root browser on mobile device

A robust indigenous anti-virus software for mobile devices.

Application to optimize mobile device's performance by cleaning junk/cache files, optimizing device memory and optimizing battery usage.

A mobile based live streaming platform for hosting webinars, lectures, etc.

A mobile based messaging and video calling application

A mobile based microblogging application

A mobile based news application that uses cutting-edge technology to recommend the most relevant and interesting news individually to each use.

A mobile application offering satellite imagery and street maps, as well as functions such as a route planner for traveling by foot, car, or with public transportation.

A mobile based online gaming platform which also functions as a social hub for gamers

A mobile based photo-editing application with all standard image editing features

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App Challenge

MeitY in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission - Niti Aayog launches Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge to identify the best Indian Apps that are already being used by citizens and have the potential to scale and become world class Apps in their respective categories.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Let us Code for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat!

A great message from our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for startups to develop apps for Aatmanirbhar Bharat!

For promotion of existing Apps and Platforms across the categories of E-learning, Work-from-Home, Gaming, Business, Entertainment, Office Utilities, and Social Networking, Government will provide mentoring, hand-holding and support. Track-01 will work in mission mode for identifying good quality Apps for the leader-board and shall be completed in around a month.

For incubating new Apps and Platforms, Track-02 initiative will work to help create new champions in India by providing support in ideation, incubation, prototyping and roll out along with market access.

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Let us Code for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat!

India has a very vibrant tech and start up ecosystem, which has done India proud nationally as well as globally. Our youngsters have excelled in providing tech solutions across sectors.

Indian Apps: A strategy for Growth and Expansion

#vocalforlocal #vocalforlocalindia #apps #desiapps

If we want to beat Chinese apps, we have to match with them with regular upgrades, to be released every few hours rather than in days, by quick expansion of core tech team, using app analytics and using feedback for plugging bugs and introducing features that are available in Chinese apps etc.

In fact, we should thank many Indian app users who are giving desi apps a chance to improve, as was seen from the feedback given by users on these apps. So, don’t let down our users as it is one of its kind of opportunity we got to improve our product development standards and capture the market. Cheer up! this is the time when product teams should work 24X7.

Do you know that we download more apps than we upload? As per the latest data available on 42matters.com, there are only around 121,017 apps from Indian publishers on Google Play out of the 2,936,627 apps, less than 5%.

All the best!

Vokal for Local: Meet Koo, a Twitter-like microblogging platform for vernacular speakers of India

#socialmedia #desiapp #apps #startupbharat #startups #vocalforlocal #vocalforlocalindia

Aprameya Radhakrishna, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, too, has been working towards this theme since 2017 with Vokal India. Recently, the Founder and CEO of Vokal India announced a new platform called Koo, a microblogging app focussed on non-English speakers in India.

India has close to 600 million internet users. An IAMAI-Nielsen report revealed that for the first time in 2019, rural users (277 million) outnumbered urban areas (227 million) by 10 percent, thereby eliminating the digital divide that had existed earlier.

The startup’s new app Koo offers Twitter-like experience where users can express their thoughts in Indian languages with a fellow local Indian community.

Within a week of its official launch, Koo app has crossed one lakh installs on Google Play store. While it is available in Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada, the app does not support the English language.

Moving forward, the founder said that more Indian languages, including Telugu, Marathi, Odia, Malayalam, and Gujarati, among others, will be added to the app.

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Vokal for Local: Meet Koo, a Twitter-like microblogging platform for vernacular speakers of India

The recent ban of 59 Chinese apps in India has led a path for many Indian startups and entrepreneurs to build 'Made in India.' Focussing more on the Tier-II, III cities, and rural pockets of India, most of these startups are creating products that can be accessed in vernacular languages.

Startup Funding Alert: Mitron raises seed funding of Rs 2 Cr from 3One4 Capital and LetsVenture

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Indian short-form video app MitronTV hailed by many as India’s answer to now banned TikTok, has received seed funding of Rs 2 crore from 3one4 Capital and LetsVenture.

MitronTV was launched two months ago as a short video-making app developed by two friends turned co-founders Shivank Agarwal and Anish Khandelwal. Within two months of its launch, the app crossed 100 million downloads, and has a rating of 4.4 out of 5 on Google Play Store.

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[Funding Alert] Mitron raises seed funding of Rs 2 Cr from 3One4 Capital and LetsVenture

Indian short-form video app Mitron, hailed by many as India's answer to now banned TikTok, has received seed funding of Rs 2 crore from 3One4 Capital and LetsVenture. Interestingly, the development comes two days after the Indian government banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, including top social media platforms such as TikTok, Helo, and WeChat, to counter the threat posed by these applications to the country's "sovereignty and security."

With Tech Startups On Its Side, Kirana Store Inventory Gets Digitised

#kirana #digital #startups #forabettertomorrow #inventorymanagement #paymentsolutions #technology #grocery #fmcg

Inc42 Media covers the report of RedSeer on how with tech startups on its side, kirana store inventory gets digitised.

Key takeaways:-

1. Three out of four kiranas do not have exposure to technology platforms, says RedSeer

2. Digital payments platforms like Google Pay, Paytm and PhonePe have emerged as popular solutions. Besides this, private companies like PineLabs enable more digital transactions through their smart point-of-sales machines

3. Local startups udaan.com, ShopX - 10i Commerce Services Pvt Ltd, Jumbotail and NinjaKart are pivoting kiranas in a big way and are significantly working with them on last-mile deliveries, maintaining supply chains, effective inventory management, credit and more.

4. Besides this, he also mentioned B2B startup Khatabook, which is enabling digital bookkeeping services for these local neighbourhood stores.

5. India’s retail sector is set to grow to $1.3 Tn by the fiscal year 2025, as per RedSeer. However, the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) will continue to make for 90% of the sales in the sector. The report also noted that organized retail, both online and offline, is poised to grow from 16% to 22%.

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With Tech Startups On Its Side, Kirana Store Inventory Gets Digitised

Three out of four kiranas do not have exposure to technology platforms, says Redseer Udaan, ShopX, Jumbotail and NinjaKart have been popular for their supply chain solutions India's retail sector is set to grow to $1.3 Tn by the fiscal year 2025, Redseer added The neighbourhood pop and mom stores which have been a lifeline during the pandemic, woefully fall short when it comes to exposure to technology platforms for payments or procurement.

India: Chinese Mobile Apps Desi Alternatives

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Inc42 Media suggest some Indian apps in place of banned Chinese apps. Somebody is suggesting Kaagaz Scanner (Only on Google Playstore), in place of CamScanner, but the app does require lot of improvements. The app is getting updates almost daily.

Indian Social App Chingari Garners Over 2.5 Million Downloads

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Living up to its name, Made In India social app 'chingari' is quickly blazing its way into becoming the most loved short video-sharing app in India. Setting new benchmarks, the free social platform has crossed more than 2.5 million downloads.

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Indian Social App Chingari Garners Over 2 5 Million Downloads

Living up to its name, Made In India social app 'Chingari' is quickly blazing its way into becoming the most loved short video-sharing app in India.