NASSCOM Launches Social Innovation Honours 2013 with Genpact (Last Date Extended to Oct 15)

The NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours (NSIH) celebrate innovations that demonstrate exceptional use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for social development. The Foundation pioneered the Honours in 2008 to recognize and showcase such innovations that aim to impact the society in a positive manner. The Honours recognizes social innovation across public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours provides an excellent opportunity to the winners to interact and network with the leaders of the IT industry alongwith offering a platform to join the network of the past winners for access to additional training, funding and networking opportunities. In it's 5th edition now, the foundation has launched NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours 2013 in partnership with Genpact. The Honours is inviting applications in seven categories namely:

• Not-for-profit (Apply Here)
• Social enterprise (Apply Here)
• Corporate (Apply Here)
• Government body (Apply Here)
• Student(s) (Apply Here)
• Multi-stakeholder partnership (Apply Here)
• Individual or group (Apply Here)

For the first time, we are making a special appeal to innovators working with children. In partnership with UNICEF, NASSCOM will Honour innovations that impact children to help them thrive and develop to their full potential.

More details here and follow NASSCOM on Facebook and Twitter @nf_nsih.

Check Eligibility

Once you have chosen the category or categories you want to apply in, check if you fulfill all the eligibility criteria of that category.

(Each category is is defined by a set of criteria which the applicant needs to fulfill in order to be eligible to apply for the Honours. Check from the list given below if you qualify for the category you have chosen-

For Not For Profit, Corporate, Social Enterprise and Government categories, all organizations should fulfill the following criteria-

• They should be Indian entities or foreign entities with a registered presence in India

• The innovation being applied for the Honours must benefit India, or a community in India

• The Project and Organization / Department of Government should have been in existence in India for over one year (on or before July 1, 2011)

• The initiative entered by the Project / Organization / Department of Government should not have been recognized by the Honours in the previous two years

For Multi Stakeholder category, all applying organizations should satisfy the following criteria:

• They should be Indian entities or foreign entities with a registered presence in India

• The innovation being applied for the Honours must benefit India, or a community in India

• The Project and Organization should have been in existence in India for over one year (on or before July 1, 2011)

• The initiative entered by the Project / Organization should not have been recognized by the Honours in the previous two years

• The Project should have a minimum of 2 stakeholders as party to the initiative

For Group and Individual category, all individuals or groups should satisfy the following criteria

• The individual / group of individuals should be Indian citizens

• The group should not be registered under the Societies, Trusts or Company’s Act

• The innovation being applied for the Honours must benefit India, or a community in India

• The group can have a maximum of 6 members

• The said innovation must be either at implementation stage or a prototype stage

• Each member of the group should have completed 18 years of age as on date of Application

For the Student category, all students or student groups should satisfy the following criteria

• The student / group should be a representative of an Institute* affiliated with a state board or should be a registered deemed university

• The said project may be either a concept or in operational stage.

• The student group can have a maximum of 6 members

• Each member of the student group should have completed 16 years of age as on date of Application)