Kerala startup gets Rs 1 crore to develop India’s Zoom; wins govt challenge

A tech startup from Kerala has won a government challenge to create a video-conferencing platform similar to Zoom and has received Rs 1 crore. Joy Sebastian’s Techgentsia Software Technologies Pvt Ltd took on the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology’s Digital India (MEITY)’s “Grand Challenge” that was rolled out on April 12 and developed a world class video-conferencing solution amid a boom in demand for the same due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 44-year-old Joy Sebastian is in limelight now with it winning the prestigious challenge and a whopping cash prize.