Deadline: 1-May-22
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd. is inviting applications for Qualcomm Design in India Challenge to encourage Indian design houses and product companies to invent useful and innovative hardware product designs incorporating Qualcomm SoCs and technologies.
The Qualcomm Design in India Challenge (QDIC) – 2022 is the seventh edition of the initiative by Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd. that was started in 2016 to encourage Indian design houses and product companies to invent useful and innovative hardware product designs incorporating Qualcomm SoCs and technologies. It has been inspired by the tremendous potential of Smart Devices and products that can be built in the domains of Smart Infrastructure, Agriculture Technology, Industrial Automation, Wearables, Medical Technology and Rural IoT.
At Qualcomm, they believe that there’s a huge legion of hardware design companies that can enable innovative products on Qualcomm SoC platforms. Successful and innovative product ideas will have access to Qualcomm Innovation Lab, an Incubation Lab where designing, prototyping and testing can take place under one roof, complete with its own dedicated technical resources.
The Qualcomm Design in India Challenge –2022 is a continuation of the initiative by Qualcomm India that was started in 2016 to encourage design houses and product companies to invent useful and innovative hardware product designs preferably incorporating Qualcomm chipset platforms and technologies.
Funding Information
- 12 shortlisted companies will get a grant of up to INR 3,20,000 each to convert their design submissions into workable prototypes using the Qualcomm® Innovation Lab.
- These shortlisted companies will get 8 months of technical support and mentoring in the Qualcomm® Innovation Lab at the end of which, they will be judged at the grand finale event.
Benefits
- Qualcomm encourages every and any startup company with a great product idea to step forward and participate, in line with the focused domains of 5G Applications, Gaming, Edge Compute, Drones and Robotics, use cases, Gaming, Automotive, Industrial Automation, Medical Technology, Rural IoT, and Smart Infrastructure.
- Not only does an enterprising startup have a good chance of being shortlisted and getting rewarded with monetary support, mentorship, technical support and lab access amongst other benefits, 1 winner and 2 runner ups will win a cash award of INR 65,00,000, INR 50,00,000 and INR 35,00,000, respectively. Additional benefits may become available to startups through the incubation period through the partnership with other accelerators/programs.
Relevant Stakeholder
- Validation Stage
- Startup Early
- Traction Startup
- Scaling Stage Startup
Relevant Industry
- AR VR (Augmented + Virtual Reality)
- Automotive
- AeronauticsAerospace & Defence
- AI
- Design
- Technology Hardware
- Internet Of Things
- Robotics
- Others
Relevant Service Type
- Manufacturing
- Mobile
- Platform
- Engineering
- Research
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual startup companies that demonstrate Hardware and Embedded design experience
- HW design proposals must be focused on one of the domains – 5G Applications and NavIC use cases, Smart Infrastructure, Medical Technology and Rural and Industrial IoT regardless of the form factor of the product.
- HW designs must be based on one of four available platforms.
- Only registered companies from India will be considered for further evaluation in accordance with the quality of work submitted. Students do not qualify for this challenge.
- Only one submission per company will be accepted. Multiple proposals from the same company could lead to disqualification.
- Participating companies should have preferably established operations of minimum 6 months in hardware design and solutions.
- The quality of each product design in the focus areas mentioned above with clear HW/SW differentiation will be valued along with creativity and relevance to “community and technology” related demand in India.
For more information, visit https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/ams-application/incubator-program.html?applicationId=62337c09e4b0e4f8d273199e