Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Government of India, has been conferred the  “SKOCH Award-2025” for its Cell Broadcast Solution (CBS).  The award ceremony was held as part of the 104th SKOCH Summit on the theme “Resourcing Viksit Bharat”.  The SKOCH Award goes to individuals, projects, and institutions both government and & private, across India for outstanding work in improving governance and development, recognizing excellence in sectors like finance, tech, health, education, and grassroots work, essentially honouring those making significant, positive impact on citizens and the nation.  

C-DOT’s Cell Broadcast Solution  is a disaster and emergency platform  which brings  disaster alert generation agencies- India Meteorological Department (IMD) for weather, Central Water Commission (CWC) for floods, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) for tsunamis/oceanic events, Defence Geo-informatics Research Establishment (DGRE) for landslides, and the Forest Survey of India (FSI) for forest fires ;  all mobile operators for delivery of broadcast message; State Disaster Management Autorities (SDMAs) and   National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for approving the alerts & disaster management, on a single integtared  unified platform . This unified platform provides  end-to-end solutions for delivery of near real time life-saving emergency information in affected area to mobile phones through cellular networks. This indigenous, cost effective and fully automated system has enabled geo-targeted, multi-hazard alerting with multi lingual (21 languages) support, improving overall efficiency of disaster risk reduction & management activities. The initiative aligns with United Nations  initiative   of Early Warnings for All (#EW4All), International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) – Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), ‘Call to Action’ and promotes United Nations SDGs (Susatinable Development Goal) while enhancing country’s capacity building efforts towards disaster resilience.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay, CEO, C-DOT, said, "We are honoured to win the prestigious SKOCH Award 2025, it is a meaningful recognition of C-DOT’s mission to place technology at the service of citizens, which can reach even the remotest and vulnerable regions  of the country. Our Cell Broadcast Solution strengthens public safety system by enabling geo-targeted timely dissemination of information to citizens affected by disasters.  This honour reinforces our resolve to build resilient digital infrastructure that protects lives, supports disaster-risk reduction, and advances India’s long-term vision of inclusive, timely  and secure information delivery.  C-DOT plays a pivotal role in placing India on the global map by joining the select list of only few vendors globally  of this technology and also advancing the  “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”  vision of our  Hon’ble Prime Minister. The award underscores our strong commitment and consistent focus on technology excellence.

C-DOT is a  premier  research and development centre,  under the aegis of Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, for telecommunication technologies. C-DOT has been instrumental in developing indigenous technologies supporting government initiatives like Digital India and Make in India. It is currently working on futuristic technologies like 5G, 6G, Quantum, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity.

Dr. Pankaj Dalela, EVP, C-DOT receiving SKOCH Award 2025

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