Session 1: Inaugural Ceremony What do you call a journey that has been going on for 9 years, changed countless lives and is still very new and inspiring? I don’t know whether there is any such word in dictionary, but we certainly have a live example in front of us: the Manthan Awards Annual Digital…
2nd Digital Literacy & Panchayat Summit Empowering Rural Panchayat through Digital Literacy Programme Manthan Award 2012 witnessed the 2nd Digital Literacy & Panchayat Summit,’ organized by DEF & Intel Corporation to focus on ‘Empowering Rural Panchayat through Digital literacy Programme’. The session witnessed participants from Panchayats across the nation and various other dignitaries. The primary…
Manthan Award Asia Pacific Award Gala For more pictures click here Guests of Honor Honorable Salmaan Khurshid, External Affairs Minister, Govt. Of India R Chandrasekhar, President-Designate, Nasscom Dr Wajahat Habibullah, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities Dr. Peter Bruck, Chairman of the Board of Directors, World Summit Award, and WSA, Mobile Award Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint…
Community Radio for Information Communities Summit For more pictures click here Introduction “Visioning round table that brings together leading Community Radio Practitioners and domain experts to design a roadmap for using Community Radio stations in building bridges of peace and enhancing communal harmony and community empowerment” Community Radio for Information Communities Summit was organized jointly…
Digital Solution for Education,Employment & Women Empowerment For more pictures click here Introduction Focus: Emphasis on two primary pillars of development: Education and Women Empowerment Role, impact and importance of digitalization in the learning processes Cumulative involvement of various sectors for a comprehensive approach to progressiveness in employment Speakers Chair: Ashis Sanyal, e-Governance and ICT4D…
Community Broadcasting for Social Development For more pictures click here Introduction Focus: Focus on India’s oral society to have multi-lingual option of accessing and exercising their participation in accordance. Role, impact and importance of content services in alternative news and community broadcasting In the light of community radio licensing, what is the status of…
National Digital Minorities Summit For more pictures click here Introduction Digital Empower Foundation belief that the digital world, the ICT world disproportionately helps the minorities. Followed by this belief we carry forward with our discussion on the same with the list of panelist Chair & Keynote Address: Dr Wajahat Habibullah (Chairman to Minority Commission of…
Social Media and Empowerment Session For more pictures click here Session Form Chair of the Jury will initiate the session & will start the introduction round for the Panel. Session manager will hand over the Jury expert kits to the Panel including marking sheets. Chair of the Jury will be the sole decision maker in…
National Digital Panchayat Summit For more pictures click here Session Focus To build a strong case & compelling advocacy for maximizing adoption of wireless technologies for rural empowerment and enable delivery of content and services to reach masses. How panchayats can become two-way platform to provide e-governance services through digital inclusion? How to improve efficiency…
District Collector Digital Champions For more pictures click here Introduction Identifying the Champions of ICT in India from all the districts District Collector Digital Champion Award Session was organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation during the 10th Manthan Award Asia Pacific. The Summit focused on providing a platform to 10 district collectors from India making…
National Digital Literacy Mission Summit For more pictures click here About the Summit Formed as an industry social initiative and partners in the civil society, the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), initiated in 2012-13, is a small step in the right direction. With a vision of ‘every household a digitally literate household’, and mission to…
