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
- Mobility: South Asia’s Best Mobile Innovations, ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2013
- Connecting Masses: South Asia’s Best Telecom & Mobile Innovations, ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2012
- mPowering Billions: South Asia’s Best Telecom & Mobile Innovations, ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2011
- Mobile for Masses: South Asia’s Best Mobile Innovations, ed. Osama Manzar, mBillionth 2010
References
- ↑ KSRTC's mobile service gets award, The Hindu, 28 July 2010
- ↑ Vision, mission and objectives, mBillionth website, retrieved 22 August 2014
- 1 2 MSSRF app for fishermen wins award, Times of India, 21 July 2014
- ↑ Rewarding mobile-based innovations, Livemint, 20 July 2014
- ↑ Rural Health Management Information System (RHMIS) got mBillionth Award South Asia 2014, Media Lab Asia, 22 July 2014
- ↑ RailYatri Emerges as a Winner Again; Bags mBillionth Award, The TechPanda, 24 July 2014
- ↑ Nepal brings home the mBillionth award 2014, Sparrow SMS, 23 July 2014
- ↑ Swosti Mobile Credit Card wins South Asia award, The Financial Express (Bangladesh), 7 August 2014
- ↑ Bhasha bags Award at mBillionth, ReadMe (Sri Lanka), 22 July 2014
- ↑ Jobseekers, British Council (India), retrieved 22 August 2014
- ↑ Jobseekers app wins south asia mbillionth award!, NewsLetter-online, August 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Pakistani Entrepreneur Wins mBillionth Award in India, SpiderPK, 22 July 2014
- ↑ Spices and SMS: How Mobile Phones Transform the Lives of Women, HuffPost Tech (UK), 28 July 2014
- ↑ Lunacycle (Menstrual Periods Tracker, App Annie, retrieved 26 August 2014
- ↑ SafetiPin wins mBillionth Awards South Asia 2014, in the category of e-women and children, Safetipin, 5 August 2014