E-Culture & Tourism – Manthan Chairman’s Distinction Materials Project Title : Treasure Caretaker Training, Digital Monastery Project Organisation: Digital Monastery Project Country : India Website : www.digitalmonasteryproject.com Language: English, Hindi, Tibetan, Dzongka, Nepalese Email: annshaftel@me.com The Digital Monastery Project was launched in May 2014 in the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology to teach monks, nuns and…
E-Women & Empowerment- Winner 2014 Project Title : Kanyashree Online 2.0 Organisation:Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Country : INDIA Website : www.wbkanyashree.gov.in Language: English Email: js.wcd-wb@nic.in :Launched in October 2013, the Kanyashree MIS through the Kanyashree Portal 2.0 has been developed by NIC-West Bengal with the objective of creating an e-governance…
E-Science & Technology – Winner 2014 Project Title : “SIYARA” Harbour VTMS (New dimension in Port Traffic management) Organisation: University of Colombo School of Computing Country :Sri Lanka Website : www.siyara.org Language: English Email: kdsandaruwan@gmail.com : The University of Colombo School of Computing has developed Siyara which is a Vessel Traffic Monitoring System (VTMS) with…
E-News & Journalism- Winner 2014 Project Title : Citizen Matters Organisation: Oorvani Foundation Country : INDIA Website : www.citizenmatters.in Language: English Email: meerak@oorvani.in : Launched in March 2008, Citizen Matters is a Bangalore-based, city-focused, citizen-oriented web-based media platform, covering public affairs, community and culture. It uses a hybrid model of local journalism combining the work…
E-Inclusion & Accessibilty – Winner 2014 Project Title :Blind with Camera Organisation: Beyond Sight Foundation Country : INDIA Website : www.blindwithcamera.org Language: English, Hindi Email: partho@blindwithcamera.org Since 2006, the Beyond Sight Foundation under its Blind With Camera project has trained over 500 visually impaired persons in photography across India, 30% of whom continue to take…
E-Health – Winner 2014 Project Title :An innovative public health e-intervention from Sri Lanka for the developing world in critical care medicine Organisation: National Intensive Care Surveillance Country :Sri Lanka Website : www.nicslk.com Language: English Email: rashan@nicslk.com The Sri Lankan Ministry of Health rolled out in April 2012 the National Intensive Care Surveillance which is…
E-Governance – Winner 2014 Project Title : eScholarship Organisation: Social Justice & Special Assistance Department Country : India Website : www.mahaeschol.maharashtra.gov.in Language: English, Marathi Email: nikhil.pande@semt.maharashtra.gov.in In August 2011, the Department of Social Justice and Special Assistance (Government of Maharashtra), rolled out an “e-Scholarship” solution in Maharashtra and enabled transformation of the delivery of scholarships…
e-Entertainment & Games – Winner 2014 Project Title : Shotz7 Organisation: Shotvision Online Pvt. Ltd Country : India Website : www.shotz7.com Language: English Email: Garima@shotz7.com Launched in January 2014, Shotz7 is a mobile application and entertainment platform. It aims to be the premier showcase platform for short movies, short films, independent films and documentaries in…
e-Education, Learning & Employment – Winner 2014 Project Title : e-thaksalawa, The National e-learning portal for General Education Organisation: Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka Country : Sri Lanka Website : www.e-thaksalawa.moe.gov.lk Language: Sinhala, Tamil, and English as a bilingual Since February 2013, the ICT Branch of the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka has established e-thaksalawa,…
e-Culture, Heritage & Tourism – Winner 2014 Project Title : Endangered Archive 341 Organisation: Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Country : INDIA Website : www.eap.bl.uk/database/results.a4d?uid=-10085764445;random=41 Language: English Email: abh1232@gmail.com The Urban History Documentation Archive of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata began work in 1993 to preserve through copying all available…
e-Community Broadcasting – Winner 2014 Project Title : Brahmaputra Community Radio Station 90.4 FM Organisation: Brahmaputra Community Radio Station Country : India Website : www.c-nes.org Language: Assamese Email: bhuyan.bhaskar83@gmail.com Brahmaputra Community Radio Station is a non-commercial radio station. It is the first grassroots station of its kind in North-East India. It is run by representatives…
e-Business & Financial Inclusion – Winner 2014 Project Title : Using Psychometric Credit Scoring to Expand Financial Inclusion Organisation: The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) Country : INDIA Website : www.eflglobal.com Language: English Email: samir.ghosh@eflglobal.com The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) has emerged out of the work of its co-founders Bailey Klinger, a fellow at Harvard’s Center…