The Manthan Award is an annual award for
South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;; ...
given in recognition of exceptional
digital content creation
Content creation is the contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience in specific contexts. Content is "something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing or any of ...
.
Nominations are accepted from the public and multiple awards are given in many categories. In 2011 ''
The Hindu'' referred to the Manthan Award as "one of South Asia's biggest events in information and communications technology for development initiatives."
The award is issued by the Digital Empowerment Foundation and was partly inspired by the
World Summit Award
The World Summit Awards (WSA) is an awards system that selects and promotes local digital innovation to improve society. WSA is an international platform focused on broadcasting cutting-edge examples of how Information and Communications Techno ...
. It was created on 10 October 2004 and originally restricted to India, but in 2008 was expanded to include other South Asian nations.
In some cases awards are given for content creation tools such as
Azhagi, a component enabling text entry in
Indic scripts
The Brahmic scripts, also known as Indic scripts, are a family of abugida writing systems. They are used throughout the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. They are descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India ...
.
Winners
2006
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MouthShut.com
MouthShut is an Indian review website. The company was founded in 2000 by Faisal Farooqui. Its competitors include Trustpilot, SiteJabber and Trustvocate.
Legal issues Access blocked by Beam Fiber ISP
From February 3rd to 5th in 2014, Ind ...
2007
*
Arbit Choudhury
''Arbit Choudhury'' is a coming of age webcomic run in the format of a comic strip from India.
Plot
The plot of each strip revolves around the protagonist named "Arbit Choudhury" who is an MBA student. Choudhury is a common Indian surname whil ...
2010
*
Panjab Digital Library
The Panjab Digital Library is a voluntary organization digitizing and preserving the cultural heritage of Panjab since 2003. With over 50 million digitized pages, it is the biggest resource of digital material on Panjab. There are many hi ...
2011
*
The Better India
The Better India News is an Indian digital media platform focused on positive stories.
Background
In 2015, The Better India got Rs 1 crore ( $160,000) funding. More recently in 2018, The Better India raised an undisclosed amount funding from t ...
for best alternative news site across South Asia.
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Liwal Distance School via Pashto TV for E-EDUaCATION & LEARNING.
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Apprain Content Management Framework for E-Infrastructure.
2013
*IndiaMart
2014
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Parikipandla Narahari
2015
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Paytm
Paytm (acronym for "pay through mobile") is an Indian digital payments and financial services company, based in Noida. It was founded in 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma under One97 Communications. The company offers mobile payment services to ...
*
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana () is a financial inclusion program of the Government of India open to Indian citizens (minors of age 10 and older can also open an account with a guardian to manage it), that aims to expand affordable access to f ...
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* Feminism in India
2016
References
External links
Official WebsiteOfabee Official WebsiteMykademy Official WebsiteEnfin Technologies
Asian awards
Awards established in 2004
Web awards
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