Category – Most Innovative Nomination Guruji DESCRIPTION Developed by Databyte, Guruji is a teaching device that brings in efficiency and flexibility in teaching and learning of elementary education. It consists of an inexpensive electronic blackboard which has the potential to not just simplify but perhaps transform the teaching of elementary education in rural areas. The…
Category – Community Broadcasting Chetana – Adult Education Through Radio DESCRIPTION Christened Chetana or “awareness”, the adult literacy project of Chitrabani is concerned with the education of illiterate and semi-literate listeners, especially women, spread out mainly in West Bengal, north-east India and Bangladesh. Broadcast four times a week from Radio Veritas Asia in Manila,…
Category – E-Travel & Tourism AWATAR (Anytime Anywhere Advance Reservation System) DESCRIPTION AWATAR is a web-based passenger reservation system that provides for advance ticket booking for Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) passengers. It is the first-of-its-kind-and-scale road transport passenger booking system in the country. An advanced system, it enables the booking of tickets from…
Category : E-Inclusion Affordable, Indigenous Assistive Technologies for People with Disabilities DESCRIPTION Through this initiative, the MindTree Foundation aims to develop and disseminate assistive technologies to address the needs of people with different types of disabilities – muscular, visual, hearing, mental and learning. Aware of the benefits that technology can deliver to people with disabilities,…
Category – E-News & Media Neuron Newsroom Management System DESCRIPTION Neuron News Management System is a newsroom computer system (NRCS) that automates and streamlines the procedures of a newsroom. It encompasses everything from news collection to news delivery on air. In addition to providing user management and workflow functionalities, the Neuron NCS allows for more…
Category – E-Localization Project Bhasa DESCRIPTION Project Bhasha is a comprehensive program which aims to localize Microsoft’s flagship products, Windows and Office in 12 Indian Languages including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Gurumukhi, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil and Telugu. This is designed as a collaborative programme for bringing together the governments, the academia…
Category – E-Learning N-LIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) DESCRIPTION N-LIST or National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development under its National Mission on ducation through ICT programme. The project is being jointly executed by the UGC-INFONET Digital Library…
Category – E-Health Tripura Vision Centre DESCRIPTION Conceived by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tripura, the Tripura Vision Centre project is a breakthrough in delivering eye-care services to the previously un-reached rural citizens of the state. Through a decentralized approach, the project aims at improving access to quality, primary and preventive…
Category – E-Governance Sri Lanka GovSMS Portal DESCRIPTION Sri Lanka GovSMS Portal is a solution implemented by Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) for the Government of Sri Lanka to deliver its citizen services via SMS. The project was started in July 2009 and completed its first phase in November 2009. Currently…
Category E-Environment Cell phone based Early Warning Dissemination DESCRIPTION One key cause for the huge loss of lives and assets in the frequent environmental calamities suffered by Bangladesh is the lack of an appropriate and timely early warning system. However, now the people of District Sirajganj have started receiving flood warning through their cell phones,…
Category – E-Entertainment ABA DESCRIPTION Game Core, Sri Lanka has developed the first Sri Lankan 3D game “Aba” which has a historical theme. This remarkable game is based on the historical legend of Prince Pandukabhaya, who is considered the first Sinhala king of Sri Lanka. The title is derived from “Pandu Aba”, another name for…
Category – e-EDUCATION Implementation of Computer Aided Learning in 244 Schools in Bihar under BEP – INDIA DESCRIPTION The Bihar Education Project Council (BEP) decided in the year 2009 to partner with Bihar State Education Development Council (BSEDC) and introduce computer-aided learning (CAL) in middle schools across the state of Bihar. For this project,…