C-DOT declared Winner in the categories of Innovation on Telecom, Innovation in the Social Good, and Innovation in AI

Posted On: 26 FEB 2024 8:18PM by PIB Delhi

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Government of India, strikes a hat-trick by securing top position in three awards at 14thAnnual Aegis Graham Bell Awards, which was held on 21st February, 2024 at NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi for its indigenously designed & developed innovative Telecom solutions in various categories. CDOT is declared TOP WINNER in three categories as below:

The 1st award was jointly shared with Google India, in the category “Innovation in AI” for its pioneering ASTR Project.

ASTR (AI & Facial Recognition-powered Solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification) is a game-changer in the fight against cyber crimes. Designed to analyze, identify, and eliminate fake/forged mobile connections, it’s a crucial step towards ensuring a #secure telecom environment.

Second award belongs to the category “Innovation in Social Good” for its ground breaking CEIR(Central Equipment Identity Register) solution.

CEIR helps in revolutionizing mobile security by detecting clone IMEIs, restricting import of counterfeit mobile devices and also enabling the blocking and tracing of lost or stolen phones.

The 3rd award bagged is for “Innovation in Telecom” category for its Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) product.

India employs quantum mechanics to create an unbreakable cryptographic protocol even with Quantum computers. This revolutionary solution ensures unbreakable security for communications between two networks, parties. 

Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DOT & Chairman, C-DOT Project Board along with Dr Pankaj Dalela, Director, C-DOT & Member, C-DOT Project Board and Ms Shikha Srivastava, Director, C-DOT & Member, C-DOT Project Board; Project leaders Scientist G Shri Atul Kumar Gupta; GL Shri Biren Karmakar and AGL Shri Ajay Kumar; TL Shri Amit Chauhan attended the award ceremony.

Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay appreciated the efforts of young engineers and technology leaders of C-DOT who have been relentlessly innovating to realise the Prime Minister’s vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.