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Innovation Challenge Fund (ICF)Concept Note Template1.Name/ Organisation Globsyn Business School2.Email address / Phone numberdebraj.datta@globsyn,edu.in62898907283.Title of ProjectThe Instant Door Service Provider 4.Application for ICF Cluster(Please delete one)Future Mobility, MaharashtraAI/Data Science, Karnataka5.Co-Members of the Consortium *(Type – Indian Academia, Indian Business, International Academia, International Business, Indian non-commercial organisation, International non-commercial organisation, Other - specify)* Information not mandatory for the concept note stage.#OrganizationType1.2.3.4.*in process6.If you do not already have agreed consortium members, please indicate here the kind of partners you would like to hear from. 1. Indian Business2. Indian non-commercial organization 7. Are you content for us to publish your concept note on our web platform in order to encourage potential consortium members to reach out to you? Yes8.Funding Requested (up to ?250k) ? 205,0009.Co-funding provided (if any) and sourceNo 10.Please summarise your Innovation Challenge Fund research project in one sentence.350 character limitThis is an app-service built with AI-enabled facilities in 2-Click with instant multi-delivery service system catering to multi-segment customers who want trustworthy, quick and convenient service at the minimum possible click and at the same time, through its AI initiation, this app will suggest which service vendor will come at the minimum possible time so that whether in emergency or not, the customer gets the services mentioned in the app at the highest priority and in minimum possible time and the customer even if he/ she is not literate or does not have time, can just click at 2 points for this service and the representatives of the company will also give a demo how to use this app effectively to get the maximum possible benefit and the AI facilities will enable geo-targeting creating a hybridized model of human and machine interface. 11.Please describe your project further. What problem does your pilot seek to address? Who are the potential beneficiaries and other stakeholders? What are the inputs and activities, and what are the outputs? What does success look like after 12 months of funded research? How will your solution reach the market place? 2500 character limitThe more the choice you give a person, more the probability of them not being able to decide increases. This is called Choice Paralysis. With Covid-19 people have gone through a phase where they stayed inside their own home for a lengthy phase. This made them well aware of the things they really need and the things they don’t, causing them to change their consumption habits. Looking into this, we seek to address this matter where we give them a very simple interface with appropriate number of options(which matters the most) developed through AI and maximise their experience of ordering in the least amount of time. The potential beneficiaries are people with a very tight schedule, professionals, students, elderly people, mostly people who make outright purchases or are in an emergency looking for quick service. Success here would be being able to order at the least time and clicks while getting the delivery instantly. Our solution will reach the market place through Social Media Marketing, SEO and then through direct offline marketing campaigns through which our sales representatives would cater to the non-tech savvy individuals as well. We would be creating such facilities in the app through our AI mechanism that people will become dependable on the app and success to us in the next one year will be huge as the dependency will become viral through word-of-mouth and we would be hoping to be half way in terms of our break even points as per our calculations (elaborately done) are concerned. While the problem of emergency and convenience will be solved through this app, the simplicity part of the app will enable the app penetrate into deeper pockets of rural India and mass consumers would find this app to be an indispensable part of their lives. 12.What is ‘technological’ about your proposed solution and why might this be appropriate to the challenge areas?1000 character limitThe service is based on a cross platform web & mobile application. An on-demand delivery app designed through react native technology which makes the application light-weight, secure and cross-platform with Laravel framework of PHP as backend. AI based occupancy detector built with python is integrated while Google geolocationapi detects the customer location automatically.13.Is your proposed solution a response to the impacts of COVID-19, or an effort to contain the pandemic? If so, please explain. 1000 character limitThe solution is an impact of Covid-19 where it saves more time of the people as work-life balance is at the minimum right now. It also caters to the non-tech savvy people who were stuck in lockdown and were unable to avail services from delicate e-commerce apps. It also is a solution to social distancing as there will be no requirement of going out of the house and into crowded areas whether it is an emergency or otherwise. The customers would be able to maintain their “personal” lockdown and get all required items without going out and staying within the safe contours of the house while getting good quality product as well as service. 14.Does your proposed solution contribute to combatting climate change or promoting a greener planet? If so, please explain. 1000 character limitWith lesser going out of the house for necessities, there will be lesser pollution in travelling and there will be lesser carbon footprints as the app makes all transactions digital and enable a greener, cleaner planet. 15.How is your proposal relevant to the development challenges of India? 1000 character limitOur proposal would help in building a self-reliant India adding to the growth of technological infrastructure and also digital literacy (as one of our target audience segments also happens to be non-tech savvy individuals)16.What consideration have you made of gender in developing your concept? Could your project address gender inequality or other kinds of inequality? 1000 character limitOur project is Gender agnostic, hence any gender including transgender will be able to use this app. ................
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