E-Localisation Winner – 2008 Hoimonti DESRIPTION Hoimonti is a first of its kind technical endeavour in Bangladesh, where a Linux based free operating system called Ubuntu has been developed. The operating system is in Bangla. Hoimonti has a Bengali “installation procedure” along with configuration documentation. After installation, the default username is set to “Ankur”…
E-Learning Winner – 2008 DIGITALLY DESCRIPTION Developed by Edurite Technology, DigitAlly is designed to assist the teaching community in adding multimedia objects to their teaching slides, thus empowering students with multimedia rich learning objects creating a classroom experience. The product is bundled with a huge off-line library of learning media objects and application is tightly…
E-Health Winner – 2008 Web Health Centre DESCRIPTION Web Health Centre (WHC) is a multi -speciality, multi-Institution participation online consulting facility where doctors and patients can access some of the leading medical institutions in India for medical advise. Web Health Centre is a result of CSR effort of Tata Consultancy Services. . The objective of…
E-Inclusion Winner – 2008 Arpit’s Wheel DESCRIPTION “Arpit’s Wheel” is named after the physically challenged person called ARPIT. First time when Arpit got his hands on ”Ruby on Rails” demonstration, he wrote his first line: ”I am Arpit.” Since then Radiophony worked on developing application for using standard inexpensive joystick/wheel as input devices for severe…
e-Governance Winner-2008 Unified Ration card project DESCRIPTION The department of Food & Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs of Chhattisgarh Government has computerized the entire food grain supply chain in Chhattisgarh, starting from paddy procurement from farmers, its storage, milling and distribution of rice and other commodities to 3.4 million ration card holders through fair…
e-Enterprise & Livelihood – 2008 ITShed DESCRIPTION Government of Sri Lanka’s Gemidiriya project is about empowering the rural poor to take part in their own village and livelihood development, by helping villages access the Internet for information on services, jobs, and market opportunities; and market their village, its infrastructure, labour pool, and products for sale…
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…
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…
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:…
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…