NEW DELHI: A video conferencing app developed by Kerala-based Techgentsia has emerged as the winner of the contest conducted by the central government to find the best home-grown Video Conference solution.

Vconsol, a product developed by Alappuzha based Joy Sebastian, will be provided financial support of Rs 1 crore with additional Rs 10 lakhs towards O&M (operation and maintenance) for next three years and will be adopted for use by government through a contract.

In addition, the jury has also selected products developed by three applicants (Sarv Webs, PeopleLink Unified Communications, InstriveSoftlabs) as potential products and decided to offer a developmental contract to be supported by Rs 25 lakh each for further maturing their product in three months, the release added.