FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge

To promote the adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in government,Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the #FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge.

• It will harness theinnovation potential of the FOSS community and start-ups to solve critical issues in Government Technologies (GovTech).
• It calls upon FOSS innovators to submit implementable open source product innovations in CRM and ERP with possible applications for Govtech in Health, Education, and Agriculture etc.
• It is a key component of GovTech 3.0, which is about building secure and inclusive Open Digital Ecosystems (ODEs).
• The participants are eligible for incubation support, prize money, mentorship by domain experts, institutional support from eminent organizations for incubation of ideas and listing of solutions onGovernment e Marketplace (GeM).
• India’s largest-government projects (including Aadhaar) and many technology start-ups have also been built using FOSS.