C-DOT wins SKOCH Award 2025 for Cell Broadcast emergency alert system
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) received the SKOCH Award 2025 for its Cell Broadcast Solution at the 104th SKOCH Summit, the Communications Ministry said on 19 January 2026.
Summary
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the government's telecom R&D centre, was honoured at the 104th SKOCH Summit, held on the theme 'Resourcing Viksit Bharat'. Its Cell Broadcast Solution is a disaster and emergency alert platform that sends life-saving information to mobile phones in a geo-targeted area through cellular networks. It links alert-generating agencies — IMD for weather, CWC for floods, INCOIS for tsunamis, DGRE for landslides and the Forest Survey of India for forest fires — with mobile operators and State Disaster Management Authorities.
Key facts
- Award
- SKOCH Award 2025
- Winner
- C-DOT, for its Cell Broadcast Solution
- Event
- 104th SKOCH Summit, theme 'Resourcing Viksit Bharat'
- What it does
- Geo-targeted emergency alerts to mobile phones
- Alert agencies
- IMD, CWC, INCOIS, DGRE, Forest Survey of India
Practice MCQs 1 questions
C-DOT received the SKOCH Award 2025 for which solution?
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Correct answer: B — Cell Broadcast Solution
PIB (Communications): C-DOT was conferred the SKOCH Award 2025 for its Cell Broadcast Solution, a disaster and emergency alerting platform.