IIT-Bombay develops receiver chip ‘Dhruva’ to find accurate locations in all weather conditions

Researchers at IIT-Bombay have developed a homegrown receiver chip named Dhruva, that can be used in smartphones and navigation devices to find locations and routes within the country.
Dhruva will receive signals from India’s NAVIC group of navigation satellites (built by ISRO) as well as the US Global Positioning System-based satellites to determine these accurately under all weather conditions.
Dhruv is a radio frequency receiver chip designed in 18 months by students and researchers at IIT Bombay.
The Dhruva project was funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
SAMEER (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research) is the nodal agency.
It can receive signals in multiple frequency bands and handle weak signals.