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…
News, media & Community Broadcasting for Social Development One of the first parallel sessions held at Manthan Awards was dedicated to discussing the best ICT practices in the field of News, Media and Community Broadcasting for Social Development. The session was chaired by Ms. Supriya Sahu, Joint Secretary – Ministry of Information Broadcasting (Govt. of…
Sustainable Digital Approaches for Education, Learning, Localization & Science & Technology One of the first parallel sessions at Manthan Awards was dedicated to the discussion of Sustainable Digital approaches for education, learning, localization, Science & technology. The session aimed at discussing the use various digital media, ICT tools for promoting education and create policies where…
Digital Solutions for e-Governance & e-Infrastructure One of the first parallel sessions of the day was dedicated to discussion of the best ICT practices in the field of e-Governance & e-Infrastructure. In today’s world, transparent and efficient governance has become a must for growth and development of country. Also the development of requisite infrastructure is…
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…
