IndiaAI Innovation Challenge for Transforming Governance (Roads & Buildings Departments)

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 Real Time Governance Society, and Roads & Buildings Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, aims to develop an AI-enabled decision support system to assist urban authorities in planning and monitoring bridges and flyovers in Andhra Pradesh by leveraging traffic, mobility and spatial insights to better understand demand patterns, identify high-impact locations and support informed infrastructure planning over time.

Indicative Capabilities

The solution may utilise AI/ML technologies and geospatial capabilities to:

(1) analyse historical, proxy and near real time mobility data to forecast future traffic growth and movement patterns across key corridors and generate congestion, bottleneck and accident-risk heatmaps, flagging high-impact junctions and priority corridors with risk scores, with interpretable indicators to support targeted interventions and reduction in accident rates;

(2) stimulate alternative infrastructure scenarios and recommend appropriate bridge and flyover alignments based on traffic demand, road networks, land use and population density, including comparative cost benefit indicators such as congestion reduction, safety impact and expected utilisation;

(3) validate site suitability using geospatial analysis, satellite imagery and land use indicators prior to project approval, with suitability indicators such as traffic demand, network connectivity, land availability and safety risk;

(4) remotely monitor construction progress and post construction performance using satellite data and anomaly detection, supporting timely interventions and improved project oversight and tracking of performance outcomes over time.

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"