IGCU: First Indigenously Produced Electronic Hardware Product from DUK

The Integrated Gaming and Control Unit (IGCU) was conceived at the thingQbator facility with the dedicated efforts of a team of students, Mr. Adithya Vishnu and Mr. Alfas Hakeem, led by Mr. Sarath SM, Innovation Officer, and Mr. Lal Prakash, Senior Software Developer of DUK. This is the first electronic hardware product to be indigenously developed and successfully commercialized from Digital University.

IGCU is an integrated digital solution which assesses the performance of school kids undergoing training in various sports and games. It is deployed in 55 schools across the state as a pilot project. The project is mentored by Prof. Asharaf S, Dean Academic, and Prof. Manoj Kumar T K, Dean Research of Digital University.

As part of this, digitised versions of basketball, football, hockey and other group games are being developed. They work in tandem to assess the performance of the kids.