About the Challenge
The Qualcomm Design in India Challenge (QDIC) was started in 2016 to encourage Indian design houses and product companies to invent useful and innovative hardware product designs incorporating Qualcomm SoCs and technologies. The program was conducted for a span of over 8 years from 2016 to 2023, and the participating startups have built their products on varied and different domains such as Smart Infrastructure, Agriculture Technology, Industrial Automation, Robotics & Drones, Medical Technology and Rural IoT.
If you are a startup who is working in the GenAI space and would like to collaborate with us using Qualcomm platforms, please write to us at [email protected]
QDIC Alumni Benefits
Patent Incentive Fund: The QDIC alumni startups from 2021, 2022, and 2023 cohort are eligible to apply for the Patent Incentive Fund, limited to 1 patent application per startup. Please see PIF Terms and Conditions for details.
Access to Innovation Commercialization Fund: The Innovation Commercialization Fund (ICF) was launched in 2019 for all QDIC alumni startups and is used for reimbursement towards one of more of the expenses incurred towards taking the product commercial – certification cost, costs incurred towards industrial design and manufacturing cost towards customer orders. The funding is about INR 60 Lakhs. Please see ICF Terms and Conditions for details.
Qualcomm Innovation Lab
Under the Design in India Program, Qualcomm India will help the startup companies extend their design capabilities through its innovation lab in Bengaluru. The lab is supported by Qualcomm India engineers, enabling our shortlists to test and launch products using Qualcomm technologies, including those that use 5G technology.
The Innovation Labs is utilized to help Indian startup companies design products locally, be it for domestic or international markets. The Qualcomm Design in India program champions key initiatives to leverage technology and solutions along with its ecosystem partners, including the start-up community and government bodies to engage with industry verticals such as 5G, Gaming, Edge Compute, Smart Infrastructure, Drones and Robotics, Agricultural Technology, Medical Technology and Rural IoT.
The Qualcomm Innovation Labs are unique, state-of-the-art incubation centers which will contain necessary tools and equipment to enable the shortlisted companies to design, layout, calibrate and bring up rapid prototyping and innovative product designs. The shortlisted companies will have an opportunity to procure different kinds of evaluation kits and development boards, along with the tools to optimize camera, audio, display, etc.
About Qualcomm
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