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Govt of India video conferencing challenge

#1
The Govt of India is looking for alternative solution to Zoom (and other video conferencing apps). The prize money is equivalent to USD 130K.

Details: https://secure.mygov.in/node/289601

Eligibility: Has to be a registered Indian company or at the time of contract signing. More details at the link above.

Re: Govt of India video conferencing challenge

#3
· Should support all video resolutions and audio quality, should work in low and high network scenarios · Should be low on usage of power/ processor · Should not have any external hardware dependency · Should work on any device · Should have chat option during conference, even the multi people conference · Should have sign-in and non-sign-in options to join a conference · Can be browser and/or app based interface · Should have encrypted network communication · Should have audio/ video recording feature · Should have screen/file sharing capabilities · Should allow audio to close captioning during chat (multilingual) · Should have capabilities to host multiple concurrent conferences having multiple participants in each conference

130K for that LOL.