India-suited, low cost mobile products: IT Min contest seeks ideas for prototype

Aiming to improve indigenous designing of electronic equipment which is more suited to uses for domestic customers, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has invited local companies and innovators to design and submit ideas for products used with mobile phones such as low cost power bank, wireless chargers, bluetooth speakers, among others.

Apart from cash prizes of up to Rs 25,000 for best design and prototype, the Ministry will also help winners secure funds for scaling the production of best electronic products from prototype to assembly lines, an IT Ministry official said.

“There is a need to develop quality, low cost products which are used with mobile handsets so that they are more suited to Indian needs.