IIT-incubated firm develops indigenous Operating System BharOS Service
- ByStartupStory | January 20, 2023
BharOS, an indigenous mobile operating system has been developed by IIT-Madras incubated firm. This Mobile operating system is being provided to organizations that have stringent privacy and security requirements and where users handle sensitive information.
BharOS, a play on Bharat Operating System, is an indigenous OS that can be installed in commercial off-the-shelf handsets and is touted by IIT to be a contribution towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat. It provides access to apps that meet certain security and privacy standards of organizations .
V. Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras stated “BharOS focuses on providing users more freedom, control and flexibility to choose and use the apps that fit their needs,”. IIT Madras was keen and looking forward to collaborating with government agencies, telecom service providers and the private sector to propagate the use of BharOS in the country.
The software is developed by JandK Operations Pvt. Ltd. which has been incubated by IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under its national mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems.
Karthik Ayyar, director, JandK Operations commented on this “harOS offers Native Over The Air (NOTA) updates that are automatically downloaded and installed ensuring that the software is up-to-date with security and bug fixes,”.
The software comes with No Default Apps, meaning that users are not forced to use apps they don’t trust allowing them to have more control over the apps and permissions they require.
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