Associates & Partners

DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION
Digital Empowerment Foundation, a Delhi based not-for-profit organisation was registered on December 2002, under the “Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860” to find solutions to bridge the digital divide. With no political affiliations, it was founded by Osama Manzar to uplift the downtrodden and to create economic and commercial viability using Information Communication and Technology as means. Technology inspires, but Content inspires more and is what ultimately matters in the long run. DEF has a mission to make India an information rich country and vis-à-vis enrich the world about India’s ancient knowledge, skill and its cultural diversity through the ICT route.

Center for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC)
C-DAC expertise areas are Information Technology, enabling advanced IT based solutions in areas like Financial and Capital market simulation and modeling, Network and Internet Software, Healthcare, Real Time Systems, e-governance, Data Warehousing, Geomatics, Multimedia, Digital library, Artificial Intelligence and Natural language processing.

World Summit Award
The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global contest for selecting and promoting the World’s best e-contents and applications. It sees the bridging of the Digital Divide and narrowing of the Content Gap as its overall goal and – as of today – involves representatives from 168 countries on each continent. Putting its focus on cultural identity and diversity, the WSA looks for multimedia projects that effectively and creatively work with quality contents and digitalise educational, scientific and cultural heritage. It is held in the framework of and in cooperation with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

American India Foundation
The American India Foundation (AIF) is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in India by connecting communities and resources across the United States and India. The Foundation also operates three programs; the Service Corps, which places skilled Americans with NGOs in India for nine months of development work; and the Digital Equalizer which provides computers, software, Internet access and training to children and teachers in underprivileged schools in India; the League of Artisans which facilitates sustained improvement in the economic and living conditions of crafts people, by creating a domestic and international marketplace and building their skills. AIF is a secular and non-partisan organization that adheres to the highest standards of professionalism and transparency on all operational and financial matters.

PlaNet Finance India
PlaNet Finance India has been established in April 2001 and operates from Gurgaon, Haryana, as a registered Charitable Trust. PlaNet Finance India is a member of the PlaNet Finance Global network based in France working in the field of Microfinance and Information Communication Technology.

INOMY Media Private Limited
INOMY is a new Media company involved in activities like e-content, digital content, content development, content management and development of information and knowledge at various levels. It was formed in 1999 to focus on the then emerging new economy, information economy, and knowledge society.

Broadband Society for Universal Access
Registered on 20th September 2004, the Broadband Society for  Universal Access is an initiative to propagate the understanding, usage and importance of broadband and new media technologies in the development of communications, media, entertainment, education, healthcare and governance in all sections of our community.

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was established on 21 June 1991 to commemorate Rajiv Gandhi’s vision for India. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation aims to work in areas which were of deepest concern to Rajiv Gandhi and to act as a catalyst in promoting effective, practical and sustainable programmes in areas of national development. The Foundation has established its presence in virtually all the states and union territories of India, and launched programmes and activities in all our areas of concentration.

European Academy of Digital Media
The European Academy of Digital Media (EADiM) provides an  infrastructure for sharing and networking expertise among the nominees, winners and jurors of EUROPRIX. It is a network of merit, that is only nominees of EUROPRIX can become members, jurors can become fellows of the Academy. The academy is in corporated as a nonprofit foundation under Dutch law and managed by a board of directors.

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