The Manthan Award South Asia 2008-(New Delhi)
Manthan-AIF Award is a first of its kind initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity. It www.manthanaward.orgwas launched on 10th October 2004, by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with World Summit Award and American India Foundation.The Manthan-AIF Award winners for the year 2004-05 were awarded on 23rd July, 2005 at India International Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi in a one day Manthan-AIF Award gala cum conference on e-Content and Sustainability organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation. The Conference cum award gala was attended by over 150 people from various walks of life and came from different regions and background and represented various States across the length and breadth of the country.Emphasizing on the importance of e-Content & Creativity for and by the grassroots people, the Manthan Award 2005 recognized and awarded 27 initiatives out of 104 nominations received for the following 8 categories.
We are pleased to announce the launch of Manthan Award South Asia 2008 recognising Best ICT & e-Content Practices and Innovations for Development.
Nominations are open for 2008 edition from e-Content innovators, practitioners and creators across South Asian Countries who wants to nominate their products and innovations for this prestigious recognition. Nominations are invited in
15 categories: e-business; e-learning; e-culture; e-government; e-health; e-enterprise and livelihood; e-entertainment; e-education; e-environment; e-inclusion; e-localization; e-news; e-youth; m-content; community broadcasting
To file nominations please visit www.manthanaward.org or http://www.manthanaward.org/NomProduct.asp
The Manthan Award is an initiative of Digital Empowerment Foundation with strategic support from Department of Information Technology, Government of India, World Summit Award and others.
Main Event
‘Manthan Award South Asia 2008’ & Award Gala
3rd International Conference on ‘e‐Content & Sustainability’ (ICONECS)
Roundtables [Side Events]
“Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies & ICT”
“Creating Learning Communities through ICT: Role of ICT in Education
Policy in India”
“Sustainable Management of Common Service Centers (CSCs) – Mid
Term Review”
“Agriculture, Food Crisis, & Climate change: ICT as Change Agent”
“Social Entrepreneurship & ICTs”
“Digital Media & Development”
Event Showcasing
Digital Panchayat: 100 Panchayat showcase their digital yatra
NeerJaal (The Water Web): 250 Villages of Rajasthan Shows Online all
about Drinking Water and Sanitation
Tribal Women as Change Agents (TWCA): 100 Tribal Women go digital
e‐NGO: An Online Platform for village level NGOs
Content Exchange Program (Exhibition of e‐Content Innovations and
practices/products and services)
Best Practices of Manthan Awardees on e‐Content for Development
Eminent Speakers & Guests
o Hon’ble Shri Jotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Minister of State, Ministry of
Communications & Information Technology, Government of India (Confirmed)
o Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, India (TBC)
o Mr. Ganesh Natarajan, Vice Chairman, NASSCOM (Confirmed)
o Peter Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award, Austria (Confirmed)
o Prof Anil Gupta, PadamShree, Vice Chairman, National Innovation Foundation (Confirmed)
o Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras, TeNet (Confirmed)
o Mr. Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (TBC)
o Dr Bibek Debroy, Research Professor Centre for Policy Research & Professor International Management Institute.
o Representative from Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
o Representative from Nepal High Leve Commission for Information Technology
o Representative from Ministry of Communications & IT, Afghanistan
o Representative from ICTA, Govt. of Sri Lanka
o Representative from Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry
o Members of Parliament, India
o Members of Legislative Assemblies, India
o Country representatives from South Asian countries
o Industry bodies from India and rest South Asian countries
o Academic bodies from South Asia
o Official Representatives from South Asian countries
o NGOs / CSOs from South Asia
o Experts in ICTD from South Asia
Date :
16 th October - 9.30am to 18.00pm
17 th October – 10.00am to 18.00pm
18 th October – 10.00am to 14.00pm
Venue :New Delhi
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