mBillionth Award South Asia
The mBillionth Award South Asia is presented each year since 2010[1] for socially valuable innovations in mobile communications in South Asia. The scheme is run by the Digital Empowerment Foundation,[2] an Indian NGO seeking to improve access to and usage of digital communications.[3][4]
Aims[edit]
The stated mission of the mBillionth Awards is "to recognise and honor excellence in mobile communications across South Asia... recognising and felicitating mobile innovations, applications and content services delivery."[5] Founded in 2010, the awards are directed towards those innovations in mobile communications that make for widespread adoption of the technology, promising empowerment and social gain.[6] The scheme seeks further to facilitate networking among inventors and developers in this field.[7]
Eligibility[edit]
The award is open to governments, individuals, private sector companies, academic institutions, and NGOs in any of the eight SAARC countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Entry is by self-nomination.
Selection process[edit]
Nominations for the award are pre-filtered and the final selection is carried out by a Grand Jury. In 2016 the number of nominations received was 348;[8] of these 60 were considered by the Grand Jury of 15 members, who selected 25 winners and 6 Special Mentions.
Categories[edit]
In the first year of the awards, 2010, the categories were:[6]
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Winners[edit]
Some of the winners of the mBillionth award have been as follows.
| Year | Category | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Inclusion | Halaat-O-Meter - sharing real-time information during an emergency[9] | Pakistan |
| 2013 | Governance | Mobile Seva - communication between citizens and the Government of India[10] | India |
| Health | MoSQuIT - monitoring malaria outbreaks[11] | India | |
| 2014 | Agriculture and ecology | Farmer Query System[12] | Bangladesh |
| Fisher Friend Mobile Application[5] | India | ||
| Business and commerce | SWOSTI mobile credit card[13] | Bangladesh | |
| Culture and heritage | Pashto multi-purpose dictionary[14] | Pakistan | |
| Governance | Labor Permit via SMS[15] | Nepal | |
| Health | Rural Health Management Information System[16] | India | |
| Inclusion | BhashaHelakuru[17] | Sri Lanka | |
| Jobseekers[18][19] | India | ||
| Travel and tourism | RailYatri Mobile App[20] | India | |
| 2015 | Culture and heritage | Mobitel mGuide virtual tourist guide[21] | Sri Lanka |
| Education and learning | Shikkhok.com mobile learning platform[22] | Bangladesh | |
| Smartur 3D visualisation software[23] | India | ||
| Health | mSakhi app for frontline health workers[24] | India | |
| Media and entertainment | FlipBeats music app[25] | Sri Lanka | |
| Travel and tourism | Place SMS travel companion app[26] | ||
| 2016 | Agriculture and ecology | Breathe - collecting and transmitting air pollution data[27] | India |
| Early Stage | iShippo marketing for handicrafts[28] | India | |
| DNMS _ Nutrition monitoring system[29] | Sri Lanka | ||
| Inclusion and empowerment | Sign Language Interpreter[8] | Sri Lanka | |
| Learning and education | RISE app educational interface[30] | India | |
| TeachApp support for teachers (juror's special mention)[7][31] | Nepal | ||
Publications[edit]
- "Mobile for Masses: South Asia’s Best Mobile Innovations", ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2010
- "mPowering Billions: South Asia’s Best Telecom & Mobile Innovations", ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2011
- "Connecting Masses: South Asia’s Best Telecom & Mobile Innovations", ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2012
- "Mobility: South Asia’s Best Mobile Innovations", ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2013
- "Cellular Impact 2014: South Asia's Select Mobile Innovations", mBillionth 2014
- "You, Me & Mobile: Stories from South Asian countries", mBillionth 2015
- "Transforming Lives with Mobile", mBillionth 2016
References[edit]
- ↑ "KSRTC's mobile service gets award", The Hindu, 28 July 2010
- ↑ "mBillionth Award 2012: An Ecosystem for Mobilepreneurs". Telecom Talk. 20 April 2012.
- ↑ "Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)". Eldis. Institute of Development Studies. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Pickme Wins Mbillionth Award 2016." The Daily Mirror (Colombo, Sri Lanka). HT Media Ltd. 10 August 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017 from HighBeam Research
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "MSSRF app for fishermen wins award", Times of India, 21 July 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Rewarding the best mobile innovations." Mint. 26 July 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2017 from HighBeam Research
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "TeachApp awarded for educating the smart way". British Council, Nepal. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The mBillionth Award South Asia 2016". Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Grappettite's Halaat-O-Meter Wins mBillionth Award". Pakistan Advertisers' Society. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "mBillionth Award - Rewarding innovations in mobile technology". C-DAC - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "MoSQuIT bags mBillionth South Asia Award 2013". Primeur Weekly Magazine. 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "Mridul Chowdhury, CEO of mPower Social Enterprises Ltd, receiving 'mBillionth award 2014' in mAgriculture Category for 'Farmer Query System', a mobile-based agro advisory service developed, in India recently.", The New Nation (Bangladesh), 9 August 2014
- ↑ "Swosti Mobile Credit Card wins South Asia award", The Financial Express (Bangladesh), 7 August 2014
- ↑ "Pakistani Entrepreneur Wins mBillionth Award in India" Archived 2014-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, SpiderPK, 22 July 2014
- ↑ "Nepal brings home the mBillionth award 2014" Archived 2014-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, Sparrow SMS, 23 July 2014
- ↑ "Rural Health Management Information System (RHMIS) got mBillionth Award South Asia 2014", Media Lab Asia, 22 July 2014
- ↑ "Bhasha bags Award at mBillionth", ReadMe (Sri Lanka), 22 July 2014
- ↑ "Jobseekers" Archived 2014-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, British Council (India), retrieved 22 August 2014
- ↑ "Jobseekers app wins south asia mbillionth award!", NewsLetter-online, August 2014
- ↑ "RailYatri Emerges as a Winner Again; Bags mBillionth Award" Archived 2014-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, The TechPanda, 24 July 2014
- ↑ "Mobitel mGuide wins prestigious accolade at mBillionth Awards South Asia". Daily FT. 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Shonesy, Katherine (2 September 2015). "UAB professor recognized for online education". UAB News. University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- ↑ "Smartur 3D wins mBillionth South Asia 2015". The Hans India. 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "mSakhi Wins at the 2015 mBillionth South Asia Awards". IntraHealth International. 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "FlipBeats by hSenid Outsourcing wins top honours at mBillionth Awards 2015". Daily FT. 6 August 2015.
- ↑ "Place SMS Wins Travel Category at mBillionth Awards South Asia". ProPakistani. 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "Using Gadgets and Data to Fight Pollution." Mint. 10 August 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017 from HighBeam Research
- ↑ "iShippo.com bags mbillionth Award South Asia 2016". IIFL. India Infoline Ltd. 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "DNMS Wins the mBillionth Award". HISSL. Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Kashmir based RISE Institute wins mBillionth Award South Asia-2016". Two Circles. 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "TeachApp wins mBillionth Award". My Republica. 4 August 2016.
External links[edit]
- mBillionth Award website
- mBillionth Award, Digital Empowerment Foundation
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