Category – E-Inclusion(FINALIST) HarVa HarVa which stands for “Harnessing Value” of rural India, is a rural start up that primarily focuses on skill development, providing BPO services, community-based farming and microfinance. HarVa aspires for sustainable inclusive growth by creating value in the heart of rural India. HarVa specializes in finding the right approach to achieving…
Category – E-Health(FINALIST) Mobile Phone Health Service The Mobile Phone Health Service is intended to serve the entire population of Bangladesh. Altogether, there are 64 district hospitals and 418 upazila hospitals in the country and MIS Health provided one mobile phone to each of these hospitals. The hospital managements were instructed to make sure that…
Category – E-Governance (FINALIST) Janmitra Samadhan Kendra, Gwalior Delivering dedicated public services to citizens in rural areas in an effective and responsive manner has always been a formidable challenge for the administration. Janmitra, is an attempt towards responding to this challenge through measures that address issues in effective programme management and field level implementation. The…
Category – E-Education(FINALIST) Schools of the Future An initiative of the Indus Trust, Schools of the Future aims to design schools that can give underprivileged children a chance to transform their future. The first of these schools is already in operation. Situated on a 3- acre campus near Bangalore, Indus International Community School is based…
Category – E-Culture & Heritage (FINALIST) SHIKSHAKA: A Framework for Bridging the Language Gap Shikshaka is a computer-based, open source, customizable tool developed to facilitate and ease the process of teaching and learning a new language. This computer assisted language teaching framework built by University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka provides for and…
Category : e-Business & Enterprise (FINALIST) Rang De Rang De is a pioneering, web-based social initiative with a mission to provide cost effective microcredit to low income households in India. Through an online microlending platform called RangDe.Org, it enables individuals to participate in microcredit by lending as little as Rs. 100. The problem Rang De…
Category – E-Agriculture & Livelihood (FINALIST) eFarms eFarms is a project that attempts to provide technological solutions to problems faced by agricultural communities in rural Sri Lanka. A joint initiative involving TEAMS Private Limited, Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Ministry of Technology & Research (MOTR), Sri Lanka and Megaskills Research, it will build capacities and enable…
Category – E-Science (Special Mention) SPECIAL MENTION Non-Touch Interface (NTI) DESCRIPTION Non-Touch Interface or NTI is a new computer interface technology which has the potential to revolutionize man machine interaction. Falling in the category of spatial operating environments,NTI is a software and hardware combination technology that essentially comprises of a glove with sensors which is…