Government has extended the date of participation in FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge till 15th Sept

New Delhi: The government has extended the last date of participation and submission in FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge till 15th of September. Ministry of Electronics and IT has appealed to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) innovators to participate in large numbers to drive the FOSS revolution to its maximum potential. 

In July this year, on the occasion of 7-year anniversary of MyGov, the Ministry had launched #FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge to accelerate adoption of Free and Open Source Software in Government



and build Indian FOSS Ecosystem.

Through this challenge, various innovators, start-ups, working professionals, academics and students in India are invited to showcase their existing FOSS based innovations or build new, implementable, open-source product innovations in Customer Relationship Management and Enterprise Resource Planning. The winners of the Challenge will receive cash rewards and incubation support to scale their products for listing on Government e Market.