Winners 2008

Award Winners, 2008 WINNERS SPECIAL MENTIONS Community Broadcasting : 03 Click here for details Dambadeniya Community Radio, Sri Lanka Equal Access, Nepal Kalanjiam Samuga Vanoli Community Radio, India None e-Business & Enterprise : 02 Click here for details ngPay, India Safal National Exchange of India Limited, India None e-Culture & Entertainment :03 Click here for…

Media Coverage – 2008

            One of the brightest Manthan Award South Asia winners of 2008 is Bangladesh’s Cell Bazaar initiative. The award brought this CellBazaar in the media limelight on a far bigger stage. Its Founder Kamal Quadir has written an article in the leading publication mint (Dec 19 ’08) where he has mentioned…

Patrons Speak – 2008

MATHAN AWARDS IN INDIA & SOUTH ASIA ICT & Digital Content for Development Salzburg/New Delhi, October 8, 2008: With the backdrop of identifying the best practioners of the south asian region, the Digital Empowerment Foundation and the World Summit Award are organising together with the Center for e-Governance, the South Asia Conclave on ICT &…

Award Book – 2008

Each year on the occasion of Manthan Award, Digital Empowerment Foundation brings out a book detailing each of that year’s awardees and a citation note on those winners. The book also has some articles by the editor and other prominent persons mainly on digital content scenario in the country and the region. This way it tries to…

Jury Graffiti – 2008

Jury Comments The following are instant comments from the jury members after the completion of the jury process that they thought have struck their ideas and thoughts over the entire two days exercise. The Manthan Award team is extremely grateful to the distinguished Jury members to have spent two days valuable time and energy in…

Event Reports – 2008

Workshop: Community Broadcasting At this workshop, Mr Alonso from UNESCO explained the meaning of community radio and also its importance in the society. He described community radio as a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by…