Details of Call for Proposals | ||||||
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| Name of the Programme | Strengthening India's Electronics & Telecom Technology Development System | |||||
| Launch Date: | 1st June 2025 |  | ||||
| Last Date: | 30th June 2025 | |||||
| Extended Date: | 15th July 2025 | |||||
| About Technology Development Board (TDB) | Technology Development Board (TDB) (statutory body under Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India), New Delhi provides financial assistance to Indian industrial concerns and other agencies, attempting development and commercial application of indigenous technology, or adapting imported technology to wider domestic applications. | |||||
| Background of call for proposal | Recently, Government has planned to upgrade digital infrastructure in telecom sector and to provide more advanced satellite communications services to the end users across the country. By 2026, there will be around 350 million subscribers of 5G network in India and need 22 million skilled workers in 5G centric technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and cloud computing. | |||||
| The Call for Proposal | In this call, the proposed technologies that are dealing in high speed communication system including guided and unguided medium and currently imported, or manufactured in India only in limited quantities, would be preferred. They could be semiconductor or modules, transceivers, modems, advanced antennas, that are currently imported in large quantities. Under the flagship 'Make in India' program the government is committed to strengthen the manufacturing ecosystem through its ambitious initiatives. This call for proposal also aims to support companies that are manufacturing components for high speed wireless communication system. In order to build onto its previous efforts of strengthening country’s priority sectors, TDB is launching the current ‘Call for proposal’ to supplement existing policy initiatives to bridge the current medium to high technology gap in Indian electronics and telecom manufacturing industry. | |||||
| Objective | This proposal is envisaged to:
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| Scope and focus areas | The participating industries shall submit a proposal aligned with the following major sectors/areas:
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| How to Apply | All applications have to be submitted through online portal of TDB. The detailed information and the format for submission of the proposal may be downloaded from the official website: https://tdb.gov.in/ | |||||
Application and Call Guidelines | DOWNLOADS | |||||
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Shri Shiv Kumar Dixit Project Coordinator Technology Development Board (TDB), GOI Tel: +91 11 2651184, Exten:-22042 Email: shivkumar.dixit@tdb.gov.in |
| (Queries related to the submission, matchmaking shall be written to TDB.) |
Important note: please do not leave your submission to the last minute. |
