MyGov Innovation Challenge for Developing New Digital Capabilities at the Stations of Indian Railways 2017

Organization : MyGov Government of India
Competition Name : Innovation Challenge for Developing New Digital Capabilities at the Stations of Indian Railways 2017
Applicable For : Individuals and Companies/ Institutions
Competition Last Date : 20/02/2017

Website : https://innovate.mygov.in/challenges/innovation-challenge-for-developing-new-digital-capabilities-at-the-stations-of-indian-railways/

Innovation Challenge :

Innovation Challenge for Developing New Digital Capabilities at the Stations of Indian Railways

Related : Intel DST Innovate For Digital India Challenge 2.0 : www.contest.net.in/16880.html

In response to Hon’ble Prime Minister’s clarion call for innovation in Indian Railways under the Navrachna Initiative, Indian Railways has decided to conduct a public competition for ‘Developing new Digital Capabilities at the Stations of Indian Railways‘.

Mode of Entry:
** For posting the entries using the online application system, participants are advised to go to https://innovateindia.mygov.in/ and click on the “CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE” button. The participant will be taken to a landing page featuring the registration form with various fields
** Participant will have to fill out the Participant Registration Form and Entry Submission Form. The submission must comply with the requirements as set out in the Guidelines mentioned on the online Entry Submission form.
** On successful submission, participant will receive a confirmation email.
** Should Indian Railways/ Organizers require additional information, they will contact the registered participant via email. Participants are advised to duly provide any additional information as instructed.

Correspondence:
Any correspondence from the Indian Railways/Organizers to participants shall be through email or SMS on mobile number provided by the participant at the time of registration. Organizers and Indian Railways are not liable in case of email delivery failures.

Eligibility:
** The Challenge is open to Individuals and Companies/ Institutions.
** In case of Companies, majority of Team Members/ Shareholders are required to be Indian Resident Nationals.
** All Participating Individuals are required to be Indian Resident Nationals.
** Participants (Individual/ or in case of teams, the team leader) are required to be at least 18 years of age as on 1/12/2016 .

The following persons and their immediate relatives can not participate in the Challenge:
** An employee of Indian Railways directly involved in execution and evaluation of the Challenge.
** A member or employee of knowledge cum execution partner / Organizer.
** A member of the Evaluation panel, Experts and Jury for the Challenge.

General Guidelines:
** The write up should either be submitted in Hindi or English.
** In case submission is in any other language, it must be accompanied with translations in either Hindi or English.
** It could be an individual project or a team project. However, in case of team, total team members, including the team leader, should not exceed six.
** No reference of the identity of the person(s) submitting should be made in the proposal. If done so, it shall debar the entry from consideration.
** It is strongly advised not to wait till the closure time for submission of entries. Railways shall not be responsible for late/ non receipt of entries on account of server errors/ traffic.
** The contestants may be asked to present/ elaborate their proposed solution to an appropriate jury.
** Railways may decide to associate with the proposer for further development of the proposed Concept/ design.
** The decision of the Evaluation Panel and Jury will be final. No communication will be entered into with any person in relation to any decision of the panel or process.
** Unsuccessful entries shall be intimated through email and Ministry of Railways shall not have any right over the same.

Last Date :
Entries duly completed and fully filled must be submitted using the online application system before 6pm IST on 20/02/2017 .