In January 2023, Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan along with Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw successfully tested ‘BharOS’, a made-in-India mobile operating system developed by ________.

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The correct answer is IIT Madras.Key Points

In January 2023, Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan along with Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw successfully tested ‘BharOS’, a made-in-India mobile operating system developed by IIT Madras.
BharOS is designed to use in government-owned devices and networks, to increase the country’s digital sovereignty and reduce dependence on foreign technology.
It comes with the feature of No Default Apps and the ability to work seamlessly with a wide range of Indian Native languages.
It also provides “Native Over The Air” (NOTA) updates, which are automatically downloaded and installed to maintain the software secure and bug-free.