MBillionth Award South Asia

The mBillionth Award South Asia is given annually since 2010[1] for innovations in mobile communications in South Asia. Its stated mission is "to recognise and honor excellence in mobile communications across South Asia... recognising and felicitating mobile innovations, applications and content services delivery."[2][3]

Eligibility

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

Nominations for the award are pre-filtered and the final selection is carried out by a Grand Jury. In 2014 the Grand Jury consisted of 15 members and considered 126 nominations. There were 24 winners and 6 Special Mentions.[4]

Winners in 2014

Winners of the mBillionth award in 2014 were as follows:

Category Project Country
Health Mobile-enabled public-health supply chains (Logistimo) India
Rural Health Management Information System using mobile/tablets[5] India
Travel and tourism RailYatri Mobile App[6] India
mGaadi India
TaxiPixi India
Governance Labor Permit via SMS[7] Nepal
NextDrop India
Citizen’s Connect – SMC Mobile App India
Entertainment ToffeeTV Pakistan
Saavn Music India
Business and commerce / banking SWOSTI Limited[8] Bangladesh
MobiKwik Consumer Wallet India
Inclusion BhashaHelakuru[9] Sri Lanka
Accessible Places India
Halaat-o-Meter Pakistan
Education and learning Sipsala Sri Lanka
Jobseekers[10][11] India
Agriculture and ecology Farmer Query System[12] Bangladesh
Fisher Friend Mobile Application[3] India
Mobile Apps for Farmers India
Culture and heritage Pashto multi-purpose Dictionary[13] Pakistan
Women and children RUDI Sandesha Vyavhar[14] India
LUNACYCLE[15] India
Safetipin[16] India

No award was made in 2014 in the News and journalism category.

Publications

References

  1. KSRTC's mobile service gets award, The Hindu, 28 July 2010
  2. Vision, mission and objectives, mBillionth website, retrieved 22 August 2014
  3. 1 2 MSSRF app for fishermen wins award, Times of India, 21 July 2014
  4. Rewarding mobile-based innovations, Livemint, 20 July 2014
  5. Rural Health Management Information System (RHMIS) got mBillionth Award South Asia 2014, Media Lab Asia, 22 July 2014
  6. RailYatri Emerges as a Winner Again; Bags mBillionth Award, The TechPanda, 24 July 2014
  7. Nepal brings home the mBillionth award 2014, Sparrow SMS, 23 July 2014
  8. Swosti Mobile Credit Card wins South Asia award, The Financial Express (Bangladesh), 7 August 2014
  9. Bhasha bags Award at mBillionth, ReadMe (Sri Lanka), 22 July 2014
  10. Jobseekers, British Council (India), retrieved 22 August 2014
  11. Jobseekers app wins south asia mbillionth award!, NewsLetter-online, August 2014
  12. 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
  13. Pakistani Entrepreneur Wins mBillionth Award in India, SpiderPK, 22 July 2014
  14. Spices and SMS: How Mobile Phones Transform the Lives of Women, HuffPost Tech (UK), 28 July 2014
  15. Lunacycle (Menstrual Periods Tracker, App Annie, retrieved 26 August 2014
  16. SafetiPin wins mBillionth Awards South Asia 2014, in the category of e-women and children, Safetipin, 5 August 2014

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