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The North Eastern Region (NER) frequently faces landslides, flash floods, road blockages, and slope failures due to heavy rainfall, fragile terrain, and unplanned hill cutting. These incidents often disrupt connectivity, damage infrastructu…

The North Eastern Region (NER) faces major logistics and accessibility challenges due to difficult terrain, extreme weather conditions, limited transport connectivity, and frequent road disruptions caused by landslides, floods, and infrastr…

The North Eastern Region (NER) is witnessing a gradual rise in age-related cognitive disorders such as dementia and memory loss among the elderly population. Many families in remote and rural areas face challenges in accessing specialized n…

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders affecting elderly individuals and physically active populations, leading to chronic pain, joint stiffness, mobility issues, and reduced quality of life. In the North Ea…

The North Eastern Region (NER) produces a substantial quantity of fresh vegetables and horticultural crops. However, due to inadequate cold storage infrastructure, unreliable electricity supply, difficult terrain, and transportation delays,…

Background: The current approach to vessel chartering for bulk cargo procurement to India's East Coast ports often involves daily market exploration, leading to reactive decision-making and likely missed opportunities for cost savings and e…

Background: NMDC Limited is India's largest Iron Ore producer, currently producing approximately 53 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) from its three fully mechanized mining complexes, namely BIOM-Kirandul Complex, BIOM-Bacheli Complex in Chha…

Background: In the iron ore mining industry, conveyor belt systems are the backbone of material transportation, enabling continuous movement of iron ore from mining faces to crushing, screening, stockyard, and dispatch areas. One of the maj…

Background: MOIL Limited is the largest producer of Manganese Ore in India. To meet future demand, it is important to accurately identify available reserves and avoid production shortfalls. At present, reserve estimation and production plan…

Background: Historically, land surveys in rural lndia were conducted using conventional chain and tape methods, many of which date back several decades or even the colonial period. Over time, multiple issues emerged such as Boundary changes…

With rapid urbanization and vertical growth of cities, conventional 2D land record Systems are becoming inadequate for managing modern urban properties.Existing land administration systems are primarily designed to identify surface-level la…

Background: Accurate and up-to-date urban land records are essential for effective land governance, urban planning, taxation, infrastructure development, and delivery of citizen-centric services. At present, preparation of cadastral maps an…

Background: Urban land administration and cadastral management involve integration of multiple spatial and non-spatial datasets generated from various departments,agencies,and survey mechanisms. Under modern land governance programmes such …

Land governance in lndia involves multiple institutions maintaining land-related information in fragmented and disconnected systems. Core datasets such as cadastral maps, Record of Rights (RoR), registration records, land use information, M…

Watershed development plays a vital role in sustainable management of land, water, and natural resources, particularly in rural and semi-arid regions of lndia. Effective watershed planning and monitoring require accurate spatial information…

Land acquisition is a critical component of infrastructure development and public welfare projects in India. It facilitates the implementation of highways, railways, industrial corridors, irrigation projects, urban development, renewable en…

Land acquisition is one of the most critical and time-sensitive phases of infrastructure development. Delays in acquiring land significantly impact the execution of national and state-level projects. The causes of land acquisition delays ar…

Land records form the backbone of land administration, property ownership, taxation, land acquisition, dispute resolution, and infrastructure planning. Across India, a significant portion of historical land records continues to exist in the…

Land is a finite and strategic resource that underpins economic development, environmental sustainability, food security, urban expansion, and social equity. Effective land governance is therefore critical to achieving sustainable developme…

Khadi is a sustainable rural textile system based on hand-spun yarn and hand-woven fabric produced by decentralized artisans using manually operated Charkhas like the New Model Charkha. While it supports rural livelihoods, especially for wo…

KVIC's Honey Mission supports rural beekeepers with bee boxes and extraction toolkits for livelihood promotion, but they still face challenges like counterfeit honey, low consumer trust, weak market linkages, and lack of traceability and ad…

Agarbatti making is a key home-based livelihood for rural women, but traditional drying methods depend on weather and often cause uneven drying, moisture issues, and loss of fragrance, reducing product quality and income. Hence, there is a …

Background: CMPDI/CIL subsidiaries play a key role in providing geological and mining information to the Ministry of Coal and responding to parliamentary and high-priority administrative inquiries. These reports require compilation of data …

Background: The Indian coal mining sector involves large-scale operations spread across multiple subsidiaries, mine sites, contractors, regulatory bodies, and field offices. Governance-related activities such as statutory compliance monitor…

Surface subsidence caused by underground coal mining poses significant risks to nearby communities, public infrastructure, agricultural land, forest areas, and the surrounding environment. In India, subsidence monitoring is still largely de…

Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world, serving millions of passengers daily across thousands of stations, platforms, and train coaches. Ensuring the safety and security of passengers and railway assets is a critic…

Background: Railway maintenance for fixed infrastructure of Engineering, Traction Distribution, and Signal & Telecommunication departments is currently planned independently. Each department requests maintenance blocks/disconnections via th…

Background: Accurate forecasting of the Expected Time of Arrival (ETA) for coaching trains is vital for improving passenger satisfaction and operational efficiency in Indian Railways. Currently, ETA is often estimated using static schedules…

The safety of electrical installations hinges on reliable Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs). IEC 60898-1:2015 mandates rigorous short-circuit breaking capacity tests, crucial for ensuring MCBs perform correctly under severe fault conditions…

Accurate and consistent preparation of cable specimens is vital for reliable testing according to Indian Standards like IS 10810 (Parts 2, 7, 33) and IS 7098 (Parts 1 & 2). These tests, including conductor resistance, insulation/sheath thic…

Develop an AI-based mobile application that: • Uses image processing to assess onion quality. • Identifies damaged, rotten, sprouted, or undersized onions. • Estimates Grade A and URS percentages. • Generates a digital quality report instan…

Develop a platform that: • Enables farmer registration and slot booking. • Provides real-time queue management. • Sends SMS/app notifications. • Tracks procurement and payment status. • Reduces congestion and waiting time at procurement cen…

Create a digital marketplace that: • Connects farmers/FPOs directly with consumers and bulk buyers. • Provides logistics support. • Uses AI for demand forecasting and route optimization. Benefits: • Better prices for farmers. • Lower prices…

Packaged commodities are widely sold through retail stores, supermarkets and e-commerce platforms across India. Under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the Legal Metrology(Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, every packaged commodity is requi…

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments (NAWIs), such as electronic weighing scales, platform scales and weighbridges, are widely used in trade, commerce, healthcare, agriculture and industry where accurate measurement is essential for fair tran…

Under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011, every weighing and measuring instrument used in transaction or protection is required to be periodically verified and stamped before being put into use. Veri…

Most autonomous driving systems are developed for roads with clear lane markings, standard signage, predictable traffic flow, and controlled intersections. Indian roads are often very different. Vehicles of many types share the same space, …

India has over 77 million diabetic adults - the second highest globally. Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) affects ~18% of this population and is a leading cause of preventable blindness. Early screening can prevent90% of vision loss, but India has…

Jharkhand's underground coal mines face significant safety challenges, including toxic gas leaks,tunnel collapses, flooding, and poor visibility. During emergencies, rescue teams often lack real-time information about underground conditions…

Access to safe drinking water remains a significant challenge in many rural and mining-affected regions of Jharkhand. Groundwater and surface water sources are often contaminated by suspended particles, excessive minerals, microbial impurit…

Jharkhand is lndia's leading mineral-producing state, with coal mines, steel plants, and mica processing units employing hundreds of thousands of workers many of them young tribal recruits with no prior industrial exposure. Classroom-based …

Jharkhand's PALASH Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) programme has demonstrated measurable improvements in foundational literacy among tribal children. However,scaling the programme is severely bottlenecked by a shortage …

Communities across Jharkhand encounter numerous local challenges related to education,healthcare, agriculture, water management, sanitation, environment, rural livelihoods,accessibility, urban infrastructure, and public service delivery. Wh…

A significant gap exists between the skills acquired in academic institutions and the competencies expected by industries. Students often struggle to identify the skills required for their desired career paths, while industries face challen…

Ayurveda rests on a vast corpus of codified and community-held traditional knowledge (TK) and on therapeutics derived from plant, microbial and animal sources. Protecting and commercialising an Ayurvedic product means navigating several ove…

The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) conducts and coordinates a growing portfolio of clinical research in Ayurveda — interventional and observational studies, multi-centre trials — and, as the host of the National Pharmacovigilance Co…

1.1 The Clinical History-Taking Bottleneck in Indian Hospitals History taking — the structured elicitation of a patient's presenting complaints, history of present illness, past medical and surgical history, drug and allergy history, family…

Kwatha (kashaya / kadha) is among the most widely used Ayurvedic dosage forms and is most effective when freshly prepared, yet a fresh decoction must be consumed within a few hours, is laborious to make correctly, and needs a slow reduction…

• Background: High Altitude Areas (HAA) and Super High Altitude Areas (SHAA) of Ladakh region presents one of the harshest operating environments for electronic equipment and systems because of its extreme cold, low atmospheric pressure, in…

• Background: Anti-drone systems are deployed for detection, tracking, identification and neutralization of unauthorized drones threatening strategic, defence and critical infrastructure assets. The operational performance of anti-drone sys…

• Background: The ambient atmospheric condition affects the temperature inside the shelter and makes thermal management necessary for maintenance of temperature in the comfortable range. The existing shelters for any region are generally no…

• Background: In defence and mission-critical communication systems, reliable speech transmission is severely affected by diverse acoustic disturbances such as gunshots, artillery fire, helicopter rotor noise, armored vehicle sound and emer…

• Background: Autonomous navigation depends on the ability of a vehicle to perceive its surroundings with high precision. While 3D Lidar point clouds provide rich spatial data, processing millions of points in real-time creates immense comp…

• Background: Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV are increasingly being deployed for Long-duration intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR). Communication relay maritime surveillance and strategic defence missions Reliability…

Development of Smart Scan Strategy for Electronic Warfare in the absence of prior reliable intelligence of emitters and their operating characteristics. • Background Detection of hostile communication or radar signals starts with search / s…

• Background The Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), is the primary measure of retail inflation in India and is used by the Reserve Bank …

• Background The accumulation of anthropogenic (man-made) debris in marine ecosystems poses a critical threat to global biodiversity. Among the most destructive types of pollution are 'ghost nets'—abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear.…

• Background In underwater exploration and marine mapping, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) rely heavily on side-scan sonar systems. The performance of these systems is entirely dependent on the physical characteristics of the transmit…

Develop an AI/ML-enabled decision support platform capable of forecasting Antarctic sea-ice concentration, predicting iceberg trajectories, and identifying safe and fuel-efficient navigation routes for research vessels using satellite,ocean…

Develop a Digital Twin framework for Maitri and Bharati stations integrating infrastructure, energy, logistics and environmental monitoring for efficient remote management.

Develop an intelligent energy-management system using AI for load forecasting, renewable energy integration and fuel optimization under extreme polar conditions.

Develop a centralized digital platform for expedition planning, cargo tracking, inventory management, personnel movement and emergency response.

Develop a comprehensive outreach portal that archives expedition reports, scientific datasets, publications, photographs, videos and institutional activities while generating content for websites and social media.

Design and develop a low-cost deployable ocean-bottom sensor that can be released from a research vessel during surveys to detect and map metal-rich seabed deposits, including polymetallic nodules, hydrothermal sulphides, cobalt-rich crusts…

Design and develop an indigenous, low-cost, autonomous ocean observation platform capable of long-term deployment in harsh polar and Southern Ocean environments for measuring key oceanographic and atmospheric parameters.

• Background Subsurface ocean temperature is a fundamental variable for understanding ocean circulation,upper-ocean heat content, stratification, climate variability, air-sea interaction and marine ecosystems. Accurate representation of the…

• Background India's vast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and coastline demand continuous, high-resolution monitoring of ocean state variables. INCOIS routinely generates and archives large volumes of ocean model outputs - including three-dim…

• Background Weather information is often distributed through multiple portals, bulletins, satellite products, and forecast systems, making it difficult for common users, researchers, disaster managers, and government agencies to quickly ob…

Design and develop a scalable National Weather Big Data Analytics Platform capable of collecting and processing real-time weather-related information for India from multiple internet-based sources including social media platforms, public da…

To develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) based system for identification, classification, and prediction of different tropical cyclone patterns using multi-source satellite data.

AI/ML-Based Integrated heavy rainfall Early Warning and Inundation Prediction System using Satellite, Radar, observational Weather and numerical weather prediction model data.

AIML based Nowcasting of thunderstorm and lightning using atmospheric observation including multiple radars, satellite, lightning and model data.

• Title SkyGuard AI: Intelligent Real-Time Anomaly Detection System for Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity Sensors in Automatic Weather Stations • Background Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) are critical components of modern meteorological…

Downscaling of weather forecast from Block level to Panchayat level: Inferring high-resolution plots/ data/ information from low-resolution plot /data /information /variables for agro-meteorological advisory services.

The solution should include secure signup and login functionality with three user roles: Trainee, Trainer, and Admin. Trainees should be able to create professional profiles with qualifications, work experience, interests, skills, and certi…

• Health-conscious users Highlight Air Quality Index (AQI), pollen count, UV index, and humidity levels to help users manage allergies, asthma, or skin sensitivity. • Outdoor fitness enthusiasts Show sunrise/sunset times, 'best running hour…

• Problem Statement India is highly vulnerable to rapidly intensifying, localized extreme weather events such as cloudbursts, severe thunderstorms, and flash floods. Traditional physics-based Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models often …

• Problem Statement Identifying and tracking the exact geographic footprints of extreme weather anomalies (such as severe cyclones, heat domes, or cold waves) within massive global Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) outputs is computational…

• Problem Statement Medium-range weather forecasts sometimes show large errors during rapidly evolving systems such as monsoon depressions, heavy rainfall events, western disturbances, cyclones, heat waves and break/active monsoon phases. S…

• Problem Statement Rainfall forecast errors over India vary with weather regimes such as active monsoon, break monsoon, monsoon lows/depressions, orographic rainfall, coastal rainfall and western disturbances. A single bias-correction meth…

• Problem Statement Different forecasting systems perform differently depending on region, season, lead time and weather situation. Physical NWP models, ensemble forecasts and AI/ML weather models may each have strengths under different con…

Traditional Air Quality Index (AQI) forecasting models typically treat meteorology and pollution dispersion as separate entities. However, in highly polluted urban landscapes like Delhi NCR, there is a critical, dynamic feedback loop betwee…

In recent years, the frequency, duration, and intensity of heatwaves across India have escalated sharply due to climate change. However, traditional meteorological warnings rely almost exclusively on ambient dry-bulb temperature thresholds.…

Convective storms, such as severe thunderstorms, hail, downburst winds, and cloudbursts are among India's deadliest natural hazards, especially during the pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons.Despite advancements in Numerical Weather Prediction …

Urban flooding in major Indian metros like Mumbai, Delhi, and Chennai has become an annual crisis. Traditional Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models fall short because knowing how much rain will fall does not automatically translate int…

The Indian Summer Monsoon dictates the economic livelihood of millions of farmers, particularly during the Kharif sowing season. While macro-scale monsoon forecasts across large meteorological subdivisions have improved, Indian agriculture …

• Background The National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT), through VAMNICOM, RICMs, and ICMs, conducts large-scale training programmes for cooperative personnel, PACS members, SHGs, dairy cooperatives, farmers, and rural youth acros…

• Problem Statement Cooperative members, farmers, and rural stakeholders often lack awareness regarding cooperative laws, government schemes, PACS services, crop insurance schemes, financial literacy, and grievance redressal mechanisms due …

• Background Labour Cooperative Federations and Labour Cooperative Societies possess a large pool of skilled workers such as electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, domestic helpers, caregivers, drivers, gardeners,cleaners, and techni…

• Background The government actively supports the socio-economic upliftment of marginalized communities,particularly micro-entrepreneurs, artisans, and weavers. Financial assistance is provided to establish small-scale manufacturing and han…

• Background The government actively promotes the economic empowerment of marginalized communities by providing concessional credit for income-generating activities. Under various schemes,beneficiaries are required to contribute a small mar…

• Background To promote the socio-economic empowerment of the Scheduled Caste (SC) population, the government provides concessional financial assistance and educational loans. Beneficiaries with an annual family income of up to ?5.00 Lakhs …

• Background Victims and complainants belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who approach the National Helpline Against Atrocities (14566), Integrated Portal, chatbot, mobile application, IVRS, or other digital platforms often e…

• Background Victims of atrocities frequently experience prolonged psychological distress after complaint registration due to threats, intimidation, repeated court appearances, delays in investigation and trial, social ostracism, economic h…

• Problem Statement Develop a centralized mobile application for real-time monitoring, surprise inspections, CCTV surveillance integration, and random inspection assignment for projects/institutes/NGOs running under DoSJE schemes. • Key Fea…

• Background Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's writings, speeches, constitutional debates, manuscripts,and historical contributions are spread across libraries, memorials, archives, and fragmented digital sources, making them difficult to access and pre…

• Background • The Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) aims to reduce poverty among Scheduled Caste (SC) communities through livelihood promotion, skill development, and enterprise support under its Grant-in-Aid (GIA) c…

• Problem Title Design and Development of a Precision Guidance Kit with Canard Actuation and Multi-Mode Electronic Fuze for a 155 mm Artillery Shell • Background Conventional 155 mm artillery shells rely on unguided ballistic trajectories, …

• Background Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) operating in sectors such as Oil & Gas, Power, Steel, Mining and Heavy Engineering procure and maintain a large number of similar or functionally equivalent materials. However, the same…

• Background Government procurement through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) involves verification of multiple statutory, regulatory and eligibility requirements of bidders. Procurement officers are required to examine and validate docume…

• Background India's statistical system is undergoing rapid technology advancement with increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Big Data Analytics, GIS, cloud computing, and modern statistical methodologi…

• Background The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is a Central Sector Scheme under which Hon'ble Members of Parliament recommend developmental works for creation of durable community assets and provision of basic…

• Background The Infrastructure & Project Monitoring Division (IPMD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) monitors the Central Sector Infrastructure Projects costing ?150 crore and above, across all the infrastructur…

• Background Recent advancements in generative AI and neural speech synthesis have made high-fidelity voice cloning possible from only a few seconds of recorded audio. Threat actors are exploiting these capabilities to impersonate CXOs,gove…

• Background Enterprises and institutions invest heavily in cybersecurity tools, compliance programs, and risk management initiatives, yet cyber risk is still predominantly communicated using qualitative ratings such as 'Low','Medium', or '…

• Background Email continues to be one of the most widely used communication channels in government, education, banking,and enterprise ecosystems. However, it also remains one of the most exploited attack vectors for phishing,impersonation,…

• Background The Bureau of Indian Standards publishes thousands of Indian Standards and provides various services such as product certification, hallmarking, laboratory recognition, Standards Clubs, training, consumer affairs, and conformit…

• Background Government departments, Public Sector Enterprises (PSES),procurement agencies, and private organizations procure a wide range of products and services through e-procurement portals. Procurement officials are often required to p…

• Background Bovine mastitis is one of the most prevalent and economically significant diseases affecting dairy cattle and buffaloes in lndia. The disease adversely impacts milk production, milk quality,animal health, and farm profitability…

• Background Milk is a highly perishable agricultural product that begins to deteriorate rapidly after milking due to bacterial growth and enzymatic activity. ln many rural and remote dairy-producing regions, particularly Hilly and North Ea…

• Background Animal nutrition directly affects milk production, animal health, reproductive performance, and dairy profitability. Dairy farmers often face challenges due to poor-quality cattle feed,adulterated feed ingredients, fungal conta…

• Description Research and develop a concept design of a warehouse automation robot platform and a modular attachment for it, using Autodesk Fusion. Re-imagine their design and optimize for additive manufacturing. The idea submission consis…

• Description Students are required to conceptualize a Human Augmentation device or assembly of their choice using Autodesk Fusion. The design should reflect original thinking and real-world engineering intent. The proposed solution may add…

• Description • Students are tasked with designing a Smart City using Forma Site Design for effective site design for adding details to the buildings in the site. • The Site area selected must have minimum 1 km square area • The goal is to …

• Description Healthcare facilities generate large volumes of biomedical waste that require safe, compliant, and efficient handling. Manual collection and segregation increase the risk of contamination, operational inefficiencies, and regul…

• Description • Facade-Driven Architectural Expression-Develop an innovative facade system that enhances architectural aesthetics, responds to climate (light, heat, ventilation), and blends with the surrounding urban context. • Breathable &…

• Background Refineries, PSUs, defence-linked manufacturing units and government offices generate a lot of routine but sensitive knowledge work. Approval notes, board presentations, engineering calculations, code for internal tools, review …

• Background Workers in oil and gas operations face chronic low-level H2S exposure. Standard electronic gas detectors miss this risk because they only report instantaneous ppm, and they need batteries, calibration and upkeep. Passive colori…

• Background Almost every optimization problem in India's refining, petrochemical, power, logistics, manufacturing and planning sectors ultimately depends on a handful of foreign mathematical optimization solvers such as IBM ILOG CPLEX, Gur…

• Background Baghewala Field in Rajasthan produces heavy crude oil (17–19° API) from the Jodhpur Sandstone reservoir. The reservoir is characterized by High crude viscosity, High asphaltene content, Low reservoir pressure, Low reservoir tem…

• Background Oil India Limited has a digital real-time monitoring system (eRTMAC) that provides real-time drilling data, mud logging information, and wellsite analytics across operational areas. However, drilling decisions, particularly in …

• Background Infrastructure project schedules cascade from macro milestones (L1) down to micro, executable activities (L5/L6),spanning multiple engineering disciplines - civil, piping, static/rotating equipment, electrical, instrumentation,…

• Background Modern smart warehouses rely on fleets of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) to move goods efficiently. As fleet sizes grow, relying entirely on a centralized cloud server for path planning causes high network latency, Wi-Fi dead-…

• Background Urban public transport buses traverse almost every major road in a city every day. Modern buses are increasingly equipped with multiple cameras covering the front, rear, sides, and passenger cabin. However, these cameras are pr…

• Background Organizations today rely heavily on centralized identity and access management systems, which create significant security and operational risks. These systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks, identity theft, unauthorized access…

• Background Outdoor Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) face unpredictable terrain, changing light, and unreliable GPS signals. To achieve true autonomy in applications like search-and-rescue,agriculture, or delivery, UGVs must rely on onboard…

• Background Modern urban centers deploy vast networks of CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition(ANPR) cameras to manage traffic, enforce traffic laws, and maintain public security. However,most existing systems process these feeds in …

• Problem Description Livestock owners, field veterinarians,para-veterinary workers and government departments often lack a unified, realtime mechanism to identify emerging animal-health risks at the village, block and district levels. Dise…

• Problem Description Government departments operate multiple portals, mobile applications,registries, workflow systems and databases that have often been developed independently. Differences in data formats, identifiers, authentication met…

• Problem Description Entrepreneurs and industrial units may need to obtain multiple registrations,permissions, licences, no-objection certificates, inspections and renewals from different authorities. Requirements may vary by sector, locat…

• Problem Description Farmers often recognise crop diseases or pest infestations only after visible damage has spread. Extension staff may cover large areas, while laboratory diagnosis and expert advice may not be immediately available. Wea…

• Problem Description Many farmers, especially smallholders and producer groups, have limited visibility of current and expected prices across nearby markets, processors,institutional buyers and digital trading channels. Information on qual…

• Problem Description Rural and underserved communities may face long travel distances,shortages of specialists, irregular diagnostics, fragmented medical records, delayed referrals and limited awareness of available services. Primary healt…

• Problem Description Skill-development programmes may be designed using broad or historical occupation categories that do not fully reflect changing technologies, local industry demand, job roles, productivity standards and employer expect…

• Problem Description Training systems frequently capture enrolment, attendance, assessment and certification, but reliable information on employment, self-employment, job retention, wage progression, relevance of training and longer-term l…

• Problem Description Government departments often face operational problems that could benefit from innovative startup solutions, but conventional procurement processes are generally designed for standardised goods and established vendors.…

Background Modern urban transportation networks face persistent challenges of traffic congestion, inefficient route planning, and high operational costs. Classical optimization techniques struggle with large-scale Vehicle Routing Problems (…

The maritime and logistics industries are under increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Fuel consumption constitutes one of the largest operational expenses and…

Early and accurate detection of diseases significantly improves treatment outcomes and reduces healthcare costs. Classical machine learning models have achieved notable success in medical diagnosis; however, they often face limitations when…

Quantum computing is a transformative technology with significant impact across scientific and industrial domains. However, education in this field remains challenging due to the abstract nature of core concepts such as qubits, superpositio…

The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a serious threat to classical public-key cryptographic systems such as RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), which can be broken by algorithms like Shor's algorithm. This vulnerability e…

• Background Medium-resolution satellite imagery, typically ranging from 10 to 30 meters, is widely used in change detection, agriculture, land-cover mapping, disaster monitoring, and urban planning because it offers broad coverage and freq…

• Background Marine oil spills inflict great damage on marine ecosystems and several times remains un-attributable to the vessel causing such spills. Leveraging satellite imagery along with AIS data will enable detection of oil spills and v…

• Background The Infrasound sensors are precision instruments designed to detect and measure low frequency atmospheric pressure waves, known as infrasound, that fall below the range of human hearing, typically under 20 Hz. These waves can t…

• Background Critical-infrastructure operators observe their gateway and peering links using passive mirroring or hardware data diodes that copy traffic into a monitoring enclave in one direction only. The enclave can see everything crossin…

• Background Bitcoin's pseudonymous, peer-to-peer design lets criminal actors move, layer, and cash out illicit funds — ransomware payments, darknet-market proceeds, extortion, and laundering — while evading traditional financial surveillan…

• Background The raw data for analysis of signal collected off the air typically range from few Khz to Ghz bands. The analysis is being carried out manually to identify the signal parameters and the resultant data is then utilised for proce…

• Background Modern antivirus solutions restrict proprietary software from executing or creating custom scripts designed to analyze the system for deep forensic system analysis. They rely heavily on behavioral heuristics, static signature m…

• Background With the rapid growth of digital storage technologies, organizations, government agencies, law enforcement units, enterprises, and individual users face two major challenges: securely destroying sensitive data to prevent unauth…

• Background Digital/Network Video Recorders (DVR/NVRs) are widely used for surveillance in government agencies, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, businesses, and residential environments. Major DVR/NVR manufacturers such as Dahua T…

• Background The dark web has become a preferred operating space for threat actors in the modern age, mainly because it lets them hide their identity behind Tor hidden services, which makes attribution of threat actors operating on darkweb …

• Background Social media platforms are complex ecosystems driven by human emotion, diverse demographics, and interconnected networks. To truly understand an online community, it is required look beneath the surface. This requires understan…

• Background This challenge seeks AI systems capable of learning network behaviour, anticipating attacker progression and supporting proactive cyber defence using the emerging concept of World Models. Design and develop a software prototype…

• Background Organisations frequently need to convert information available in different forms such as news articles, reports, advisories, threat intelligence, policy documents, research papers, announcements, incident reports or free-form …

• Background Modern enterprise networks are inherently heterogeneous, consisting of a vast array of hardware from diverse vendors. Organizations are mandated to align these devices with rigorous security frameworks, including CIS Benchmarks…

• Background Modern enterprises generate massive volumes of logs from a wide range of sources, including network devices, servers, operating systems, applications, databases, cloud services, containers, endpoint security tools, identity and…

Background: The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) assesses the cyber resilience of Critical Sector Entities (CSEs). As part of these assessments, NCIIPC performs manual reviews of samples of security al…

• Background: Generation of accurate 3D models of buildings, infrastructure, terrain, and objects typically requires multiple drone passes, extensive image overlap, specialized flight planning, and significant post-processing time. In opera…

• Background Electronic mail remains one of the most critical communication services for governments, enterprises, financial institutions, and academic organizations. Despite the widespread adoption of Transport Layer Security (TLS), many S…

• Background Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are fundamental to secure communication over untrusted networks. Among the available VPN technologies, IPsec is widely adopted across enterprise, government, military, and cloud infrastructures b…

• Background In India, due to natural disaster various natural dam / lake formations were observed which can be a major reason of flash flood in the lower catchment, for example, natural lake formed over the Rishi Ganga river of Uttarakhand…

• Background Industrial facilities generate thermal signatures that can be observed from space, but current satellite-based monitoring systems like NASA FIRMS cannot distinguish between different types of thermal anomalies. To address this,…

• Background The world Monitor application is a Web/ Mobile platform that provides users with real-time monitoring, analytics, and reporting features. The application handles user authentication, data visualization, API communication, and r…

• Background Transitioning to Post Quantum Cryptography based solutions requires preparedness, risk assessment and financial and operational investment. Towards this, discovery and inventory of Cryptographic Artefacts is the critical first …

• Background OIL collects large volumes of UA/UC observations, near-miss and incident reports through its HSSE platform but these are triaged manually after certain time intervals such as monthly, quarterly etc.However, Global best practice…

Image Registration is the process of aligning two or more images of the same scene taken at different times, from different viewpoints, or by different sensors into a common coordinate system. It has two main components: • Source Image (Mov…

Remote-sensing imagery is widely used for agricultural monitoring, disaster management, urban planning, forest monitoring, water-resource assessment, infrastructure mapping, and environmental analysis. However, most existing remote-sensing …

Vehicle logistics, ride-hailing services, quick commerce and emergency responders heavily rely on smartphone-based navigation apps (like Google Maps or MapmyIndia) powered by GNSS (GPS/Galileo/NavIC etc). However, when a vehicle enters a lo…

Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) offers unprecedented advantages for next-generation mobile networks, including gigabit-to-terabit data rates, license-free spectrum operation, high immunity to electromagnetic interference, etc. Howev…

In high-reliability sectors (like space) electronic components undergo rigorous environmental stress screening (ESS), including Burn-In testing (operating components at elevated temperatures, e.g., 125°C for extended periods). Traditional s…

AI agents are becoming omnipresent in the current era and can play an important role in our digital interactions. If an agentic AI pipeline has access to our visual context, screen states, they can assist users in complex workflows and auto…

As voice-controlled IoT proliferate, processing everything in the cloud is too costly, privacy-invasive, and slow. The future belongs to hybrid architectures where the edge handles the initial 'wake-up' and the cloud handles the heavy lifti…

As vocal audio information is very data intensive making it difficult to transmit through low data rate links. In alert and distress based scenarios Transmitting Audio information is critical instead of written message as it will be more in…

As humanity aims for space missions such as BAS and lunar missions, real-time ground support becomes impossible due to communication delays. An AI-based HAR system acts as an on-board assistant that supports the execution of scientific expe…

Accurate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and Digital Surface Models (DSMs) are fundamental to urban planning, disaster management, and military reconnaissance. Traditionally, elevation data is acquired through stereo-imaging pairs, LiDAR, o…

The marine ecosystem plays a vital role in supporting livelihoods, food security, biodiversity, maritime transportation, coastal resilience, and the blue economy. Every day, vast volumes of satellite Earth Observation and oceanographic data…

India is highly vulnerable to natural disasters including floods, cyclones,earthquakes, landslides, and flash floods, which often result in damaged infrastructure, inaccessible terrain, and delayed rescue operations. During the first few cr…

India faces a growing range of environmental and climate-related risks including urban flooding, river floods, cyclones, forest fires, air pollution, droughts, landslides, and extreme weather events. Floods remain among the most frequent di…

India's retail sector includes millions of neighborhood stores, supermarkets,pharmacies, and large-format retail outlets that serve high customer volumes every day. Retailers face challenges such as inventory shrinkage, stock-outs, long bil…

Agriculture remains a primary livelihood for millions of people in India, but farmers face recurring challenges from droughts, erratic rainfall, floods, pest infestations, crop diseases, heat stress, and soil degradation. Climate variabilit…

India faces recurring public health challenges during and after disasters such as heat waves, floods, cyclones, air pollution events, disease outbreaks, and extreme weather conditions. Heat stress, dehydration, respiratory illnesses, cardio…

• Background The rapid adoption of Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) and decentralized blockchain ecosystems has significantly increased the complexity of cybercrime investigations globally. Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) frequently encounter …

• Background Cyber fraud victims increasingly report suspect cryptocurrency wallet addresses used by fraudsters for collection of funds in cases involving: • investment scams, • task-based frauds, • sextortion, • ransomware, • phishing, • d…

• Background The National Cybercrime Reporting Portal is the centralized Portal, which is serving the whole country. Currently, the Portal facilitates citizens in filing complaints, LEAs act on complaints, Banking/Financial Institutions for…

• Background During high-intensity urban counter-terrorism (CT) and Close-Quarter Battle (CQB) operations, the National Security Guard (NSG) operates in highly restrictive indoor spaces like closed rooms, basement areas, narrow corridors an…

• Background Personnel serving in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Armed Forces, and other uniformed services operate under physically demanding, psychologically stressful, and often hazardous conditions.Extended deployments, operationa…

• Background Border security forces deploy CCTV cameras at Border Out Posts(BOPs), check posts, border roads, and other strategic locations for surveillance and monitoring. However, conventional CCTV systems primarily provide video recordin…

• Background Common challenges faced at border checkpoints: • Fake passports and visas • Altered photographs • Modified dates of birth • Tampered visa stamps • Identity impersonation • Multiple identities used by the same person Expired or …

• Background Modern criminal activities are increasingly organized and interconnected. Criminals often operate through networks involving associates, intermediaries, financial channels, communication links,locations, and events. Law enforce…

• Background Law enforcement agencies, courts, legal departments, and investigative organizations handle vast amounts of sensitive documents throughout the lifecycle of a case. These documents may include: • FIRs and police reports • Invest…

• Background India's disaster-prone regions face recurring hazards such as landslides,floods, coastal erosion, and cloudbursts. Vulnerable habitations often remain in unsafe zones, leading to repeated loss of lives and property.Current relo…

• Background Hilly states in India are highly vulnerable to landslides and flash floods,which often occur with very short warning times. These sudden events result in significant loss of lives and property, and current early warning mechani…

Student Innovation-Developing solutions, keeping in mind the need to enhance the primary sector of India - Agriculture and to manage and process our agriculture produce.

Student Innovation-Provide ideas in a decentralized and distributed ledger technology used to store digital information that powers cryptocurrencies and NFTs and can radically change multiple sectors.

Student Innovation-Solutions could be in the form of waste segregation, disposal, and improve sanitization system.

Student Innovation-Ideas that can boost fitness activities and assist in keeping fit.

Student Innovation-Ideas that showcase the rich cultural heritage and traditions of India.

Student Innovation-Cutting-edge technology in these sectors continues to be in demand. Recent shifts in healthcare trends, growing populations also present an array of opportunities for innovation.

Student Innovation-Technology ideas in tertiary sectors like Hospitality, Financial Services, Entertainment and Retail.

Student Innovation-Innovative ideas that help manage and generate renewable /sustainable sources more efficiently

Student Innovation-There is a need to design drones and robots that can solve some of the pressing challenges of India such as handling medical emergencies, search and rescue operations, etc.

Student Innovation-Ideas focused on the intelligent use of resources for transforming and advancements of technology with combining the artificial intelligence to explore more various sources and get valuable insights.

Student Innovation-Creating intelligent devices to improve commutation sector.

Student Innovation-A solution/idea that can boost the current situation of the tourism industries including hotels, travel and others.

Student Innovation-Submit your ideas to address the growing pressures on the city’s resources, transport networks, and logistic infrastructure.

Student Innovation-Disaster management includes ideas related to risk mitigation, Planning and management before, after or during a disaster.

Student Innovation-Smart education,a concept that describes learning in digital age. It enables learners to learn more effectively, efficiently, flexibly and comfortably.

Student Innovation-Challenge your creative mind to conceptualize and develop unique toys and games based on our civilization, history, and culture etc.

Student Innovation-Space technology refers to the application of engineering principles to the design, development, manufacture, and operation of devices and systems for space travel and exploration.

Student Innovation-Developing solutions, keeping in mind the need to enhance the primary sector of India - Agriculture and to manage and process our agriculture produce.

Student Innovation-Provide ideas in a decentralized and distributed ledger technology used to store digital information that powers cryptocurrencies and NFTs and can radically change multiple sectors.

Student Innovation-Solutions could be in the form of waste segregation, disposal, and improve sanitization system.

Student Innovation-Ideas that can boost fitness activities and assist in keeping fit.

Student Innovation-Ideas that showcase the rich cultural heritage and traditions of India.

Student Innovation-Cutting-edge technology in these sectors continues to be in demand. Recent shifts in healthcare trends, growing populations also present an array of opportunities for innovation.

Student Innovation-Technology ideas in tertiary sectors like Hospitality, Financial Services, Entertainment and Retail.

Student Innovation-Innovative ideas that help manage and generate renewable /sustainable sources more efficiently

Student Innovation-There is a need to design drones and robots that can solve some of the pressing challenges of India such as handling medical emergencies, search and rescue operations, etc.

Student Innovation-Ideas focused on the intelligent use of resources for transforming and advancements of technology with combining the artificial intelligence to explore more various sources and get valuable insights.

Student Innovation-Creating intelligent devices to improve commutation sector.

Student Innovation-A solution/idea that can boost the current situation of the tourism industries including hotels, travel and others.

Student Innovation-Submit your ideas to address the growing pressures on the city’s resources, transport networks, and logistic infrastructure.

Student Innovation-Disaster management includes ideas related to risk mitigation, Planning and management before, after or during a disaster.

Student Innovation-Smart education,a concept that describes learning in digital age. It enables learners to learn more effectively, efficiently, flexibly and comfortably.

Student Innovation-Challenge your creative mind to conceptualize and develop unique toys and games based on our civilization, history, and culture etc.

Student Innovation-Space technology refers to the application of engineering principles to the design, development, manufacture, and operation of devices and systems for space travel and exploration.

2.1. Background. Earth-observation archives are expanding rapidly and increasingly contain multi-temporal, multi-spectral and multi-sensor imagery. Conventional catalogues are effective for searching by metadata such as coordinates, acquisi…

2. Description. 2.1. Background. Operational computer vision pipelines may combine training data from multiple contributors, pretrained or vendor-supplied models, and inference outputs consumed by downstream systems. This creates distinct i…

Background: The overwhelming majority of India’s end-of-life electronics is collected through informal scrap dealers, waste-pickers, and local aggregators due to their extensive last-mile reach and low collection costs. However, these infor…