“…I believe that apart from showcasing and presenting ICT for development projects and initiating discussions around them, it is equally important to recognise the successful endeavours in this field. eINDIA Awards would encourage others to follow in the footsteps of their visionary counterparts.”
Ms Agatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India at the inauguration of eINDIA2010 Awards ceremony
The eINDIA Awards is the premier accolade to innovative endeavors made in assimilating technology in developmental concerns. The initiative aims at identifying and felicitating unique and innovative initiatives in the ICT for development space, as also the projects that can be easily replicated in a sustainable manner.
While eINDIA Awards had a formal two-tier Jury process, it also had a parallel online mechanism for the Citizen’s Choice Award in all 26 sub-categories under eGovernance, Education, Healthcare, Agriculture, Municipal IT and Telecentre. The online voting process allowed citizens to vote and recognise projects that have impacted their lives the most. As part of the formal uation process a panel of 25 distinguished international Jury members had to first assess the nominations on certain pre-defined criterion, with each project being uated by a minimum of three Jury members. The average weighted score was then used to select the Top 5 from each category. The list was then used by the In Person Jury, which met in Delhi on July 22, 2010 to decide on the winners in each of the segment.
The award jury:
Ashish Sanyal
Sr Director, DIT, Government of India
Shakila T Shamsu
Joint Adviser, Planning Commission
Rajen Varada
Resource Person, UN Solution Exchange
Dr Ashok Kumar
DDG & Director, CBHI, Government of India
Dr Basheer Ahmad Shadrach
utive Director, Telecentre.org Foundation
Dr V Balaji
Global Leader, ICRISAT
Dr Gopi N. Ghosh
Assistant Representative & Resource Person, FAO
Dr. B S Bedi
Adviser-Health Informatics, C-DAC
Dr Ananya Raihan
Secretary General, B’desh Telecentre Network
Michael Riggs
FAO, Italy
Hardik Bhatt
CIO, City of Chicago
Dr R Sreedher
Director, CEMCA
Anir Chowdhury
Policy Advisor to PMO, UNDP, Bangladesh
Dr S S Jena
Chairman, NIOS
Sri B S Raghupathy
Joint Director, DET, Bangalore
Brig (Dr) R S Grewal
Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University
Sourav Banerjee
Senior Education Specialist,USAID
Prof Arun Nigavekar
Former Chairman, UGC
Prof Vasudha Kamat
Joint Director, CIET, NCERT
P Vigneswara Ilavarasan
Assistant Professor, IIT-Delhi
Rufina Fernandes
Chief utive, NASSCOM Foundation
Michael Gurstein
Sr Journalist, The Journal of Community Informatics Centre for Community Informatics Research, Canada
Lekha Kumar
Commissioner, Income Tax, Government of India
Dr R Siva Kumar
CEO, NSDI & Head-NRDMS, Government of India
Dr Akhilesh Gupta
Adviser, DST, Government of India
Sunil Kapoor
Zonal Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited
Ndaula Sulah
ED, Ugabytes, Uganda
eINDIA2010 Leadership Award
Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh was accorded the prestigious eINDIA2010 Leadership Award for bringing ICT to remote and difficult terrains like Andaman and Nicobar Islands and connecting distant communities through effective use of IT. While sharing his views, he said that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands require IT in myriad ways. There are several challenges which have to be addressed in these areas, and for that eGovernance is of crucial importance. “eINDIA has been a great learning experience in terms of getting exposure into the field of IT, and I will take back this learning for furthering the ICT cause in Andaman and Nicobar Islands”, he added.
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