Umesh Kumar Parida, Kharghar
The four-year long efforts of www.studentindia.com have
finally paid off as the site bags the ‘Manthan AIF Award
2006.’ The American Indian Foundation and Planet Finance
India’s ‘Manthan AIF Award 2006’ will be conferred on the
founder of www.stundentindia.com and Kharghar resident, R K
Mahapatra on August 5, 2006 in New Delhi.
The winners
will attend the international conference on “E-content and
Sustainability’ following which the award presentation
ceremony will be held in New Delhi.
“ The site will be
presented an award (not revealed in the confirmation email) in
e-education category for coming out with an innovative website
wherein students’ career- related matter is availed of free of
cost. This is the outcome of our four -year- long hard team
work with dedication.” exulted R K Mahapatra while talking to
New Bombay Plus. On the website’s goal and objectives, he
said, “Three phase rule wherein expectation of parents,
teachers and friends are addressed.
Innovation is
given to the service sector where invisibility is developed
into visibility. Gradual process of research, content shaping
and choosing one among twenty concepts took a long time to
define the limits of website.”
He is also certain that
website will get a much needed fillip from this award. Says
he, “Now, www.studentindia.com will get selected for World
Summit Award 2006.” Mahapatra also acknowledged the efforts of
his wife Lopa Mahapatra who helped him in setting up the
website.
Manthan Award
Launched on
October 10, 2004, Manthan AIF Award is conferred in
recognition with the best practices in ‘E-content and
Creativity’ at the grass root level. Last year (2005), 27
initiatives received the award in eight categories out of the
total 104 nominations received. This year, the categories have
been increased to twelve. The categories: e-business,
e-entertainment, e-culture, e –learning, e-health,
e-governnance, e-science, e-inclusion, e-education, e-news,
e-localisation and e-environment. A jury of 16 members
consisting of eminent experts in various walks of life like
academia, government, civil society etc. evaluate the
nominations and finalise the winners. Manthan AIF Award 2005
winners have previously got automatic nominations in the World
Summit Award 2005 held in Tunis.
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