Online search giant Google will help MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the government of India, to launch a nationwide contest to build a mobile app for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), a company statement said here on Monday.
Notably, government's citizen-engagement platform MyGov on Monday launched a nationwide contest to build a mobile app for the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Google will partner MyGov in this contest to build the PMO mobile app. The contest will launch today at 5 p.m. on MyGov.in.
Speaking at NASSCOM event Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that they were planning to invite ideas from the public for developing a mobile app for his office.
"Through the PMO app contest, we wish to use technology effectively to encourage innovation, aspiration and enhance connectivity. We want to provide every citizen access to the PMO through a mobile device," Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, MyGov said.
- If you have an idea on what you would like to see as a feature in the mobile app, share it on www.mygov.in.The features can be about the kind of information you want to see from the PMO. Submit your idea, or vote for an idea now on www.mygov.in. Last date for submitting ideas or voting is 12th March. The shortlisted features will be a part of the mobile app.
- Once the idea is in, the next step is to build the app with the shortlisted features. Register your team and submit your wireframes and be the chosen one to develop a mobile app for the PMO. Ten wireframes will be shortlisted to compete for the development phase.
- In the final stage, five finalists will be chosen by the jury, to compete for the ultimate prize of making the Prime Minister Office’s mobile app.
These finalists will be mentored by Google, the technical partner of the contest. An external jury will judge the contest and choose the final app.
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