Category: E-HEALTH, Finalists 2011 HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM- CONCEPT MAPS Original Title : Health Care Knowledge System- Concept Maps Media Format : Internet Website : www.cdackolkata.in Producer : Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, C-DAC, Kolkata Language : English Location : West Bengal, INDIA Contact : goutam.saha@cdac.in DESCRIPTION This initiative, launched by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, C-DAC, Kolkata, aims for development and…
Category: E-INCLUSION, Winner 2011 TEXTBUK.IN Original Title : Textbuk.in Media Format : Internet Website : www.textbuk.in Producer : Quick Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd Language : English Location : Maharashtra, INDIA Contact : sameer@textbuk.in DESCRIPTION Textbuk.in is India’s First Online Textbook Rental service. Its goal is to build awareness amongst the students that they can do their bit by recycling textbooks and in turn make…
Panel Discussion by Yourstory.in The following session held was Technology & Entrepreneurship: Success Strategies for start-ups. It was aimed at discussing best entrepreneurial start-up successes and deliberating on the entire ecosystem of start-ups could be perceived in the light of Social Impact and how better strategies could help in sustainability, the role of social and…
Google’s Women Entrepreneurs on the Web The second session for the day focused on inviting Women Entrepreneurs across the globe to participate in a Workshop Session by Google’s Women Entrepreneurs on the Web team. The session was presided over by Ms. Pooja Srinivas, Manager, Product Quality Operations & Project lead, WeOW India. The session started…
2nd Digital minority Summit Social & economical empowerment of minority communities through Digital Inclusion The 2nd digital Minorities summit discussed the issues & problems that besets minorities in adopting ICTs to improve living and socio-economic conditions. The discussion was focused on scope, relevance and need to mainstream minorities especially Muslims in ICT for development efforts…
Digital Approaches for Sustainable Environment, Agriculture and digitally health solutions One of the final parallel sessions was dedicated towards discussion of digital approaches for sustainable environment, agriculture & digital health solutions. The session aimed to find out the various best practices that have been undertaken by the organizations to support health care services and sustainable…
Digital Solutions for Business, Enterprises, Financial Inclusion and Livelihoods One of the last parallel sessions of the day was devoted to the discussion on Digital Solutions for Business, Enterprises, Financial Inclusion and Livelihoods. The session laid emphasis on how tools of ICT tools can be used to foster the growth of medium and small scale…
2nd eNGO Summit Digital Inclusion of NGOs The 2nd eNGO Summit, organized on the occasion of Manthan Award Digital Festival, witnessed the participation of more than 100 NGOs participation. The Summit focused on showcasing the best of NGOs from across Asia and highlighting how ICT has empowered them to be efficient, transparent and beneficial to…
2nd WIRELESS FOR COMMUNITIES & OPEN SPECTRUM SUMMIT EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH OPEN MEDIA ACCESS Among 5 Parallel Summits, Wireless for communities & Open Spectrum Summit focusing on ‘Empowering Communities through Open Media Access’ was one of the major Summits organized by DEF & Ford Foundation on the occasion of Manthan Award South Asia & Asia…
Round Table Discussion on Internet Governance Focus: ‘Emerging Internet Governance: Issues & Challenges in South Asia’ On the occasion of Manthan Award 2012, Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) organized the Round Table Discussion on Internet Governance, focusing on ‘Emerging Internet Governance; Issues & Challenges in South Asia’ along with Association for Progressive Communications (APC). This round-table…
Digital Solutions in Entertainment & Inclusion The session was dedicated towards showcasing the best practices in terms of how local entertainment are reaching out through the digital content and medium and how ICT and content can facilitate promotion and sustenance of entertainment & inclusion with larger attention on local ecosystem. The session also tried to…
Digitally enabled practices for travel, tourism & preserving culture & heritage The following session was aimed at discussing the best ICT practices in the travel and tourism industry and preserving local culture and heritage. The session was chaired by Mr. Desi S. Velli, ED & COO – Net 4 India and co-chaired and moderated by…