MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the Government of India, on Wednesday announced the winning ideas for the PMO mobile app contest (Phase 1) – The Ideation Phase.
MyGov received over 9000 entries, most of the entries suggested multiple ideas for the development of the app. Out of which, jury selected 20 entries taking into account the innovation in the idea, description of the idea, popularity of each idea and the implementability of the idea, among other factors.
The contest was launched on March 4, 2015, in collaboration with Google, bifurcated into three phases of Ideation, Wireframe development and App development.
The shortlisted app will be presented to the PMO and the developers of the winning App will get a chance to visit the headquarters of Google in the US.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advocated the use of technology for bringing a positive change in people’s lives and to use technology to encourage innovation, aspiration & enhance connectivity.