IndiaAI Innovation Challenge for Transforming Governance (Women Development and Child Welfare Department)

About the Challenge

IndiaAI has partnered with the Real Time Governance Society and line departments under the Government of Andhra Pradesh to develop AI solutions across six domains, including for empowering rural entrepreneurs, optimising supply chains for essential goods for public service delivery, streamlining renewable energy land allocation, urban infrastructure planning, land-use monitoring and predictive infrastructure management for government schools. These interventions focus on leveraging AI for increasing transparency and operational efficiency in Government processes and driving inclusive growth

Challenge Objective and Problem Statements

The Challenge aims to identify and deploy high-potential AI solutions that enhance transparency, operational efficiency and inclusive growth.

This problem statement, in collaboration with the Real Time Governance Society, and Women Development and Child Welfare Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, aims to develop an AI-enabled logistics and supply chain optimisation system that will strengthen the delivery of essential supplies, such as Anganwadi take-home rations particularly in remote, rural, and tribal regions.

Indicative Capabilities

The solution may leverage AI/ML technologies to:

(1) optimise routes using terrain, road conditions, weather and vehicle capacity, dynamically re‑routing and re‑scheduling in response to real‑time disruptions to reduce delivery time and fuel consumption;

(2) develop monitoring dashboards/interfaces for officials indicating supply disruptions, triggering alerts for stock shortages or delayed deliveries at Anganwadi centres and health facilities;

(3) enable demand forecasting of rations, medical supplies and relief materials at block and village level, with inventory optimisation to prevent stockouts and overstocking at warehouses and last‑mile points via real-time nudges to officials through the dashboard;

(4) deploy lightweight models suited to low‑bandwidth settings, enabling offline data capture by Anganwadi workers and field staff with automatic synchronisation when connectivity is restored;

(5) NLP for grievance monitoring and redressal from citizens and frontline workers to identify recurring issues, flag high‑risk locations or suppliers, and integrate with existing government platforms such as POSHAN Tracker, ICDS-CAS, health systems and disaster‑management portals.

Who Can Apply?

• Indian Company: Indian company registered under the Companies Act, 2013. An Indian company must have 51% or more shareholding by Indian citizens or persons of Indian origin.
• Start-up: Start-up as defined in the latest notification by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), accessible at Startup India.
• Autonomous Bodies: Autonomous bodies, including public sector organisations, non-profit organisations, research institutions and universities, are eligible to participate.

Applicants must submit existing solutions only with established AI-enabled product, service, or business model that addresses any one of the problem statements and has been deployed/piloted, seeking to achieve scale.

Major Milestones

• Stage 1: Registration and Submission of Solutions via AIKosh
• Stage 2: Evaluation Process
• Stage 3: Up to 3 shortlisted teams for each problem statement may receive INR 5 Lakhs to refine and test their solutions on a shared dataset.
• Stage 4: Up to 1 team per problem statement may secure a one-year work order up to INR 50 Lakhs to deploy their solution.

Queries

All pre-submission queries must be emailed to fellow3.gpai-india@meity.gov.in using the subject line:"Query- IndiaAI Transforming Governance Challenge 2026–Applicant Name"