NASSCOM Foundation Announces Finalists of Social Innovation Honours 2012

NASSCOM Foundation (NF) pioneered the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours(NSIH) in 2008, to recognise innovation in the use of Information and Communication Technology(ICT) for social development. The annual Honours aim to showcase projects that demonstrate best practices through exemplary use of ICT in areas of social transformation. Eligible social innovation can be a product, process, or technology as also a principle, an idea, an intervention, or a combination of these using ICT.Recently, NSIH announced the finalists of the year 2012. The following finalists will give a presentation in front of the jury finale on the 16^th December 2012, Friday.

ICT led Social Innovation By Not for Profit 

• Anudip Foundation for Social Welfare
• Development Support Centre
• GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute

ICT led Social Innovation By A ‘For Profit’ Organization, As A Business Model

• Inclusive Planet Technologies
• Healthpoint Services India Pvt Ltd
• Janani Foods Pvt Ltd

ICT led Social Innovation By A ‘For Profit’ Organization Through Corporate Social Responsibility

• Yes Bank Limited
• Microsoft India
• Adobe Systems India

ICT led Social Innovation By Government Body

• Mid Day Meal Authority, U.P.
• Rajkot Municipal Corporation
• State Rural Health Mission Department of Health & Family Welfare-Govt. of Gujarat

ICT led Social Innovation By Individual Group

• Arjun Venkatraman & Team
• Shivank Agarwal & Team
• Sapna Shahani

ICT led Innovative Social Concept By Students

• B.I.T.S. PILANI
• K.C.G. College of Technology
• University College of Engineering, Punjabi University

ICT Led Social Innovation By Multi-stakeholder Partnerships

• Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Limited
• Responsenet Development Services, An Aidmatrix Initiative
• The Communication Hub

For further information, please check out NSIH. Do take a look at the past winners by clicking here.