Chairmans Distinction, 2009
GUJARAT COMMON ENTRANCE TEST (GCET) 2009
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Gujarat Common Entrance Test, GCET 2009 is the Entrance Test conducted by Gujarat Technological University (GTU) for admissions to Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and Masters of Computer Application (MCA) courses in all affiliated Institutions throughout Gujarat. This project serves the needs of the University in automating the examination delivery process and ensuring quicker turnaround time for creating content, publishing question papers, evaluating candidate responses, and announcing results. This project also provides a fully technology based solution for student counselling through online allocation of college seats.
JUROR’S EVALUATION
The Gujarat Common Test (GCET) 2009 was the first online examination conducted by any State Government in India for admissions to the professional courses. This project serves the need of candidates seeking admission through the GCET entrance exam, by providing a unique student experience in test taking, by ensuring a transparent testing & evaluation process. The online counselling saves the candidates (and in many cases their parents) the hassle of travel to a central city for seat allocation. All the procedures were finished in a 45 day period i.e. from 14 May ’09m to 10 July ’09. It served 22,797 students and saved approximately 205 million rupees and 27,35,640 man hours for the Gujarat Technological University.
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E-SCHOLARSHIP
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
e-Scholarship is an Online solution for awarding scholarships to deserving students in the big north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Some 3.90 crore students are benefiting out of this statewide scheme and a single portal is facilitating the entire process. A no fuss zero balance bank account has been created for all beneficiaries and the scholarship money is transferred the respective account every month. The scheme has been appreciated as a definite step forward in delivery of a welfare scheme through the use of Information Communication Technology.
JUROR’S EVALUATION
The e-scholarship portal is designed to utilize the inherent strength of Internet and its excellent outreach and feedback capabilities for ushering in transparency in the disbursal system. New-age banking systems have been integrated & ‘no-frill accounts’ of students with zero balance facility have been opened by the banks as a major step towards financial inclusion. The piecemeal computerization effort adopted in the past has been replaced with a comprehensive, online, end-to-end service-delivery-oriented solution, resulting in speed and certainty of delivery of services. Besides simplifications and improvements in the ways of working, this approach has brought about a fine balance between facilitation and compliance as a blend of well defined goals and performance metrics.
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ENGLISH SEEKHO
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
English Seekho (Learn English) is a language learning program that uses the instructional technology offered by a mobile phone to teach the intricacies of a language to its users. English Seekho is an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) application that can be dialled from mobile phone and consumed 24/7, in the privacy of ones home and at times convenient to the user. The package consists of 45 modules of 5 minutes each. By dialling a fixed number i.e. 129222 the Tata Indicom consumers can avail of the best language learning on their mobile phones in the time and space that they want. In the first few days of its launch 9000 subscribers were availing this value added service. Talks are on with other service providers to extend the English Seekho programme to more sections of Indian populace.
JUROR’S EVALUATION
Two things are in favour of English Seekho programme, the mobile phone’s wide reach and the importance of knowledge of the English language in our daily lives. The program provides comprehensive learning across the widely available and most popular mobile platform – the IVR. It is of great importance that the learning experience is made simple so that the lessons enable each user to effectively pick up a foreign language. Audible learning through the IVR system enables the user to pick up the actual pronunciation of typical English words.
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NATIONAL WEB PORTAL OF BANGLADESH
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The National portal of Bangladesh is the first citizen service oriented government website of Bangladesh. It aims to provide updated information about Government services through a one-stop online portal. Using this portal citizens get the information related to banking system, entrepreneurship, passport, driving license, trade license, health issues, government holidays, agricultural and education system and so on. Information on current national issues or any important public notification is also available. One can get most frequently used Government forms from here by clicking on “Quick Forms” from the homepage.
JUROR’S EVALUATION
As of late, around 200 government agencies have established their electronic presence on the Internet and more of them are opening their websites everyday. It can get quite cumbersome, and sometimes impossible to keep track of all the web activities of the government. To make access to government information and services convenient and time saving, this portal aims to provide a directory service for all the government websites. Furthermore, the available information are grouped in a service centred way. The portal can be accessed by anyone in the world. The information is published in both Bangla (Bengali) and English. As a result, the local people as well as foreigners can use this portal for required information regarding Bangladesh.
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SEHAT FIRST
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Sehat First is a social enterprise set up to provide access to basic health care & pharmaceutical services across Pakistan through self sustainable franchised tele-health centres. The company aims to set up 500 Sehat First Health Centres across Pakistan by 2012, and has already established 3 self sustaining pilot centres in the first year. These three centres have served over 9,000 patients. The health centre model consists of a health clinic, pharmacy, multipurpose tele-centre and a general store. The tele-health consulting service supports the local clinic staff with IP-based Video Phone consultations with a qualified physician.
JUROR’S EVALUATION
Due to many socio-political problems Pakistan has lagged behind in the development of basic services for its citizens. With emerging technologies it is now possible to bridge the time gap as it were. With a low ratio of 74 doctors per 1000 citizens, Sehat First is an attempt to provide basic healthcare facilities through neighbourhood telecentres across the nation. The video phone tele-health consultation service saved time, money and resources and has been received with a lot of enthusiasm by patients and medical practitioners alike. The simple IP based video phone has enabled access to specialists such as gynaecologists and paediatricians, which these patients would not have been able to consult.
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