e-Education Winner – 2008 Gyandarshan – Gyanvani – e-gyankosh DESCRIPTION Gyandarshan, Gyanvani and Edusat are pioneering moves by Indira Gandhi National Open University to bring about notable changes in the age old education system through web casting facilities. GyanDarshan-I is a satellite based TV channel devoted to educational and developmental needs of the society. Then…
e-Culture & Entertainment Winner – 2008 Unnayan TV DESCRIPTION Unnayan TV is the first online video channel in Bangladesh which regularly publishes video contents on development, human rights, and educational as well as cultural issues of the country. The non-profit project is an alternative initiative against the commercial media giants. The Bangla word “Unnayan” stands…
e-Business Winner – 2008 NGPAY DESCRIPTION JiGrahak has come up with “ngpay”, India’s first and fastest growing end-to-end mass market mobile commerce service. Through ngPay consumers – anywhere in India, using entry-level handsets, on any telecom network – can bank, pay bills, book tickets, make donations, shop, order food, and more – easily and securely…
e-Women & Empowerment, Winner 2013 Project Title : English and ICT for Adolescent Girls Category : e-Women and Empowerment Producer : British Council and BRAC Website : http://www.britishcouncil.org/Bangladesh English and ICT for Adolescent Girls (EITA) is creating community-based learning centres for girls in Bangladesh. It provides access to English and ICT for adolescent girls in…
e-Science & Technology, Winner 2013 Project Title : e-safeT Category : e-Science and Technology Producer : Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Website : http://www.cdacnoida.in/e-safeT/ e–safeT provides end to end infrastructure for monitoring lifesaving perishable items like blood and medicines. The end application has played an important role in hospitals for tracking of blood…
e-News & Journalism, Winner 2013 Project Title : Halabol Category : e-News and Journalism Producer : Halabol Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Website : http://www.halabol.com Halabol is an online medium that gives issues, causes and their supporters, an online and offline platform, to amplify their voices. The web portal reaches out to relevant and large audiences across…
Community Broadcasting Winners – 2008 COMMUNITY BROADCASTING: Dambadeniya Community Radio DESCRIPTION The income of rural community living on agro/livestock/craft depends on seasonal rain, raw materials, environment, services and information from the government. The rural community is deprived due to existing communication gaps, poor roads, electricity and potable water that cause heavy losses and low productivity…
e-Inclusion & Localisation, Winner 2013 Project Title : TDIL-DC (Indian Language Technology Proliferation and Deployment Centre) Category : e-Inclusion and Localisation Producer : CDAC, Pune Website : http://www.tdil-dc.in TDIL Programme initiated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) is an apex body for the development and maintenance of standardisation of Indian languages to…
Total Nominations Received 284 Valid Nominations 264 Winners 33 THE RATIO nomination : winners 100 : 12.5 Country wise NOMINATIONS India: 225 Afghanistan: 01 Bangladesh: 13 Bhutan: 01 Nepal: 03 Pakistan: 02 Sri Lanka: 18 India State-wise NOMINATIONS Andhra Pradesh: 23 Assam: 04 Bihar: 01 Chhattisgarh: 03 Delhi and NCR: 42 Goa: 02 Gujarat:…
e-Health, Winner 2013 Project Title : ThalCare Category : e-Health Producer : Sankalp India Foundation Website : http://www.thalcare.in/ ThalCare is a web based application which aims at affordable and reliable care locally to individuals suffering from thalassemia. Thalcare manages vast amount of medical information and lab reports has ThalSense – an intelligence engine which processes…
e-Governance, Winner 2013 Project Title : UNNATHI – Nirupedala samagrabhivruddhi Category : e-Governance Producer : Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) Website : http://www.serp.ap.gov.in UNNATHI – Nirupedala samagrabhivrudhi aims at improving the economic status of the down trodden communities especially SC & ST with the help of ICT. The objective of this strategy has…
The conference report on: Role of digital content for e-governance and education by Nidhi Sharma at Ranchi, Jharkhand (nidhi@defindia.net) “In the way of delivery of public services with the help of computer technology, or in other words, successful e-governance, there are two main hindrances. To begin with, there is no proper application as far as implementation…