Hyderabad: Looking to leverage its massive innovation capabilities for solving real-life problems faced in rural and urban Telangana, the state govt has launched the Telangana Innovation Startup Challenge (TISC) at the curtain raiser of Invest Telangana Global Summit in New Delhi last week.
Applications are open until 30 November 2026. Dates for shortlisting, department reviews and finale will soon announced. Startups, innovators, researchers and technology companies can apply at tisc.telangana.gov.in .
3.Protecting Lakes and Government Land (Satellite-based monitoring systems that detect new encroachments and generate monthly alerts.)
Officials said TISC is a great opportunity for young innovators and entrepreneurs to work closely with the government and stand chance to secure contracts. Applicants from all across India and global hubs are welcome to apply for TISC, officials said. Selected innovations will be given opportunities to compete for securing pilot government projects. This would lead to long term business opportunities in procurement and deployment, subject to evaluation. Startups, innovators, researchers, industry and academic institutions are welcomed to develop scalable solutions in seven challenges as part of the inaugural phase. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered officials to invite innovative solutions in solar-powered irrigation, which is the ‘Lead Challenge’ in TISC. Other challenges include solutions to ensure safer food in residential hostels, protection of lakes and government land, intelligent pothole detection, needle-free anaemia screening, AI-enabled Telugu reading assessments and satellite-based crop mapping. Submissions will be assessed based on problem relevance, innovation uniqueness, technology readiness, team capability, and potential impact on public/industrial sectors. The initiative is part of Telangana’s drive to become the world’s AI proving ground, where emerging technologies are built, tested and deployed to deliver measurable public impact. The larger idea is to scale these solutions to the global challenges.