Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge BACKGROUND PROCESS IMPORTANT DATES AWARDS TERMS AND CONDITIONS PARTICIPATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS The contest is open to Indian Citizens only. The decision of the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) will be final and binding with regard to selection on all stages. By making a submission in the contest, all participants warrant and represent that to the best of their knowledge, their submission is original and does not violate or misappropriate any third party trade secret, “know-how,” copyright, patent or other intellectual property right. Participants also warrant and represent that there are no obligations of any nature, legal or otherwise, which would prohibit, restrict, or interfere with their participation in the Contest or submission of their design report, and agree to obtain any necessary clearances, authorizations and/or approvals prior to participation. The participants agree that MeitY will share information submitted by the participants as to panel experts, reviewers etc. (any information that you may not want to share publicly should not be submitted). Government does not claim ownership over Intellectual Property Right (IPR) for the Innovation that is sent to us by submitting an application. The IPR shall remain with the applicant at all times. Government reserves the right to publish the grantees information with regard to Name of the App , Brief summary, Key Functionalities , Developer Contact , Team details. By entering the Contest, each participant agrees to release MeitY from and against any losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising from an exclusion or disqualification of such participant pursuant to these rules; late or unsuccessful efforts to notify winners of any prize; forfeiture of a prize and the selection of an alternate winner; late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or unintelligible entries; telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties of any kind; failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions; any condition caused by events beyond MeitY’s control that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; and any injuries, losses or damages of any kind relating to participation in this Contest. Government reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, suspend this contest and modify the rules, prizes & funding related to the contest without prior notice. In no event shall Government or any other organizers be liable for any claims, losses, expenses or damages, arising out of or in connection with the foregoing. CORRESPONDENCE Any correspondence with participant will be done through an email provided by the participant at time of filling the application form. Organizers are not liable in case of email delivery failures. For any queries, please send mail at: connect@mygov.nic.in DISCLAIMER MeitY reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, suspend this contest and modify the rules, prizes & funding related to the contest without prior notice. In no event shall MeitY/Digital India/MyGov/NIC or any other organizers be liable for any claims, losses, expenses or damages, arising out of or in connection with the foregoing.