Deadline: 15-Sep-2025
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is inviting proposals that focus on innovation and indigenous technology development, aiming to lead to productization. Proposals should align with the ministry’s identified thrust areas.
These focus areas include cyber security for women and children, with an emphasis on technological solutions to ensure safety in cyberspace, including mobile and app-based solutions addressing distress and malicious events. Hardware security is another priority, especially in space and UAV security and forensics, including drones.
Cyber security in critical sectors is also targeted, covering areas like energy, transportation, banking and finance, telecommunications, defence, space, and government services. Proposals addressing virtual private network detection and deanonymisation are welcomed as well.
Encryption and cryptography, particularly in the development of quantum cyber-ready systems and protocols, are key areas. Proposals are also invited for enhancing security in and for artificial intelligence. Additionally, vehicle and autonomous vehicle security is a focus, including securing sensors and networks, and developing capabilities for investigation and forensics in this domain.
Eligible applicants include researchers, scientists, engineers, technologists, and faculty members from universities, academic institutions, registered scientific societies, R&D institutions, laboratories, and autonomous government R&D organizations, with approval from the competent authority. Proposals can be submitted by individual institutions or in consortium models, with clear timelines, milestones, and defined roles.
Proposals should aim at new technology development that results in prototypes or products within the identified thrust areas. The expected delivery timeline is preferably within 24 months. Projects should aim for a technology readiness level (TRL) of 4 or higher. An expert group, the Working Group on Cyber Security, will evaluate the technical and financial feasibility of the proposals and make recommendations for financial support. Approved projects will then be processed further based on these recommendations and the ministry’s priorities.
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