BharOS

BharOS, an indigenously developed mobile operating system, is considering providing its technology for routers, said Karthik Ayyar, the founder of JandK Operations, an IIT Madras incubated non-profit organisation that has built BharOS.“We are looking at different variants of our operating system for different purposes,” Ayyar told ET. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital…

In large fonts, the site poses a few questions: “Why does our mobile upload our personal data every 5 minutes?"; “why does our mobile come with default apps that cannot be removed?"; “why do app stores continue to serve malicious apps?"; “can we still trust them?" The answer to these questions, the website states, is BharOS, or Bharat OS for mobile devices, a locally developed mobile operating system by the company, “built for earning trust".…

Both government organizations as well as private sector enterprises, that require stringent privacy and security infrastructure are in talks with…

Simon Sharwood / The Register: India's education minister demos BharOS, a homegrown mobile OS claimed to ship with no preloaded apps, share no user data, and incapable of running malware — BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware. Right — A mere week after an Indian … Simon Sharwood / The Register: India's education minister demos BharOS, a homegrown mobile OS claimed to ship with no preloaded apps, share no user data, and…

India unveiled a mobile operating system, developed at one of its top engineering colleges, which it claimed was more secure than Alphabet Inc.’s Android and designed to be used in businesses and high-security surroundings. India unveiled a mobile operating system, developed at one of its top engineering colleges, which it claimed was more secure than Alphabet Inc.'s Android and designed to be used in businesses and high-security surroundings.BharOS, short for Bharat, or India, OS, does not come with any default apps…

PTI New Delhi, January 24 Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw successfully tested "BharOS", an indigenous operating system developed by IIT Madras, on Tuesday. "Poor people of the country will be the main beneficiary of a strong, indigenous, dependable and self-reliant digital infrastructure. 'BharOS' is a successful step towards data privacy," Pradhan said. Tested Indian ‘Operating System’ - BharOS…

Developed by IIT Madras, BharOS is an indigenous mobile operating system designed to reduce the dependency on foreign operating softwares for mobile phones. For years, the smartphone market has been dominated by Google's Android OS and Apple's iOS. While these operating systems are very advanced, using them also comes with certain restrictions put by their respective parent companies. Recently, Apple came under fire for not letting users download applications from a third-party source and creating monopoly over the…

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday tested 'BharOS' an indigenous operating system developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT). "Congratulations to everyone involved in developing the system. For the very first time when our Prime Minister Narendra Modiji talked about digital India 8 years ago, some of our friends mocked him, but today, technocrats, innovators, industries and policymakers, and academic…

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan test ‘BharOS’, Made In India mobile operating system developed by IIT Madras. Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "There will be difficulties in this journey and there are many people around the world who will bring difficulties and will not want any such system to be successful." Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education…

Android and iOS operating systems have been dominating the mobile OS segment for quite a long time now but in the last couple of years, several new indigenous operating systems have popped up that have a potential to challenge Android. One such indigenous mobile operating system that is claimed to benefit India's 100 crore mobile phone users has been developed by Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)-incubated firm. Called 'BharOS,' this software can be installed on commercial off-the-shelf…