Government launches contest to scale Covid-19 vaccine distribution
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The platform is a digitalised platform which will be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for Covid Vaccine Distribution System, nationally.
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The government has announced a contest inviting participation from innovative startups and emerging technology specialists to augment and scale the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system.
The platform is a digitalised platform which will be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for COVID Vaccine Distribution System, nationally. The Grand Challenge which was announced by Ravi Shankar Prasad, union minister for electronics and IT on Wednesday will run till January 15, 2021.
Updated Dec 24, 2020 | 14:59 IST
CoWIN will be a digitalised platform to be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution System, nationally. Govt launches CoWIN challenge, winner to get Rs 40 lakh
New Delhi: The government of India on Wednesday announced the launch of a technology contest to invite solutions from IT companies and start-ups to strengthen digital platform ‘CoWIN’, a grand challenge by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for strengthening the Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system. India s innovators have played a crucial role in our fight against COVID-19. I invite innovators and start-ups for a grand challenge to strengthen CoWIN platform for roll out of COVID-19 vaccination program across India, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in the statement.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) The government on Wednesday launched a technology contest to invite solutions from IT companies and start-ups to strengthen digital platform CoWIN, which will be used for rolling out and scaling up COVID vaccine distribution across the country. The government is enhancing use of the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) system, which provides real-time information on vaccine stocks and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country to address the needs for distribution and tracking of COVID-19 vaccine. The contest will be jointly run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Electronics and IT, a statement said.