Media Coverage Digital innovations for the larger good New Delhi: Winners of the Manthan Award, South Asia, which seeks to encourage start-ups using information and communication technology (ICT) for social development, were announced on Friday. This year, the competition received 510 nominations from India and neighbours such as Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Of…
Chairman’s Column Profiling the unconnected Digital World | Osama Manzar 09:00 PM | November 27,2011 Technology is as good as what it does. That is the basic principle on which we started our journey at the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and instituted the Manthan Award. The idea was to identify initiatives that use information and…
Empowering masses through digital innovations The Excerpts from the Manthan book 2011 are as following : “Manthan Award 2011 nominations process generated 450 plus nominations, and thus, we are now a repository of more than 2500 best practices across various digital domains including governance, infrastructure, health, culture, business, environment, localisation, science, education, and inclusion.” “In tune with these…
Manthan Digital Bazaar In Manthan Digital Bazaar, we have 150+ enthusiastic Stall exhibitors showcasing their project to 1000 delegates from 10 countries, about 50 Panchayats, 50 women from Villages impacted by Mobile, 50 NGOs from Villages, 200 Villagers from country side who are using ICT for their Benefit. Few glimpses from Manthan Digital Bazaar are…
Grand Jury Gallery Manthan Award 2011 Grand Jury Film The Manthan Award South Asia Grand Jury 2011 was held at the India Islamic Cultural Center, New Delhi, India on October 14th & 15th , 2011. Here we share the brief Profiles of the Grand Jurors for Manthan Award 2011. N. Ravi Shanker Joint Secretary, DIT…
The Leading Speakers 2011 Following are the Leading Speakers at Manthan Award Annual Digital Festival for Development – 2011 Mr. Sugeeswara Senadhira, Minister Counsellor of Sri Lanka to India Mr. Pankaj Agrawala, Addl Secretary, Consumer Affairs,GoI Mr. Mahfuzur Rahman, Secretary, Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Information and Technology, GoI Ms.…
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This category supports and encourages the opportunities to share and promote affordable ICTs that allow People With Disabilities (PWDs) to access information and knowledge, and participate fully in society. It also helps in identifying & understanding the needs of persons with specific disabilities (or combinations of disabilities), and undertaking R&D activities for technologies or devices…
