Applications for Women & Innovation for Mobile Awards are now open!

The aim of the ‘WIN Awards – Women & Innovation for Mobile Awards’ is to celebrate and recognise innovative mobile applications and solutions that enable empowered information and communication services delivery to women in India. Winning entries will qualify for funding grants to further develop their solutions creating new opportunities for women and bridging the information and service hurdle gaps which exists today.The WIN Awards have been conceptualized and launched by Vodafone Foundation in India in association with Digital Empowerment Foundation.

WIN Awards aim to honor and recognize innovative mobile applications and solutions benefiting women users in the following 3 categories – education, health & family welfare, and economic empowerment & entrepreneurship.The wining mobile solutions receive a grant of 44,00,000 INR to bring their project to scale and to deliver on and consolidate their objectives. They will also be appointed a mentor to enable their innovations to be brought to the next level.

Last date to apply is 25th October, 2011.

For further details, visit their website.