Government’s ‘challenge’, make app like Zoom and get 1 crore rupees
The result of this app challenge will be announced by the government on 29 July. The winning team will be awarded a prize money of 1 crore. At the same time, this app will be certified by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
The central government has launched an ‘app challenge’. The prize money of the challenge is 1 crore rupees. The Sarkar Challenge is to develop a video conferencing app for Indian companies to become an alternative to popular apps like Zoom. Let me tell you that this app challenge has been introduced at a time when the popular video conferencing app Zoom is under questions due to security reasons. This challenge has been introduced as “Innovation Challenge for Development of Video Conferencing Solution”. Right now India is facing lockdown, so work from home has become a necessity for crores of people. Work from home means that a large amount of information is being exchanged online, so it is common to worry about privacy and security. Registration
for this app development programIt has already started on 13 April, and its last date is 30 April. Video conferencing app should work on any type of device. This app should be able to provide its facility in the worst network area. Apart from this, there should be encrypted communication and the usage of the app should also minimize the power consumption.
The result of this app challenge will be announced by the government on 29 July. The winning team will be awarded a prize money of 1 crore. At the same time, this app will be certified by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Let me tell you, last week the government issued an advisory against the Zoom app. The Cyber Coordinator Center (CyCord) of the Ministry of Home Affairs had said that this app should not be used by government officials due to security reasons. Earlier, India’s nodal agency CERT-In, which looks into cyber-security threats, also warned that the Zoom video conferencing app is prone to cyber-attacks. Apart from this, some organizations like Google and Standard Chartered have also advised their employees not to use the Zoom app. The US Senate has also advised its members to avoid this app.
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Most people have been forced to work from home since the Corona virus lockdown in India. In such a situation, the popularity of the Zoom app increased. Many high courts also use the Zoom app for essential hearing. Not only this, even the Defense Minister of the country has been seen using this app.
