- Funding grant of INR 60 lakh plus mentorship to
5 winning NGOs/NFPs
- Awards recognize innovative solutions for
mobilizing social change in India
- New award category introduced – innovation in
mobile domain by government
-Partnership with NASSCOM Foundation, through
NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum, enhances reach and makes the selection process
more robust
This year, 11 winning
innovations will be recognised across two categories – ‘Leading Change Maker – NPO’ and ‘Leading Change Maker – For Profit’. Innovative mobile driven
solutions in four critical areas of Health, Education, Agriculture & Environment and Women
Empowerment & Inclusive Development will be selected from
both the categories. This year, there will also be a special award for a Government led solution for achievement in
the NPO category.
Vodafone
Foundation will provide a grant of INR 1.2
million to five winning NGOs/NPOs in addition to structured mentoring,
monitoring and impact evaluation support from partner institutions, incubators
etc. for them to achieve a larger impact. All winning projects will also be
featured in the soon-to-launch, first of its kind – ‘Social Apps Marketplace’ by Vodafone.
Applicants from NGOs / NFPs and for profit
organisations can submit their entries on the portal www.vodafone.in/mobileforgood until 31 July 2015.
Speaking about the Mobile for Good Awards, P
Balaji, Director- Regulatory & External Affairs, Vodafone India, said, “This year, ‘the Mobile for Good
Awards’ a marquee proposition from Vodafone Foundation, enters fifth year of
its successful social initiative to recognize innovative mobile solutions in
the country. Our mission, in line with the government’s vision of Digital India,
is to build a platform for these innovators, recognize them and support them
further for scalability and sustainability through funding and mentorship. This
year with a new partnership with NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum, we intend to
reach out to the mobile innovations across India and provide them with the
necessary help for a greater impact.”
This year, NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF) will
power the Mobile for Good Awards. NSIF is NASSCOM Foundation’s program that has
been honouring, mentoring and providing catalytic grants to social innovations
across technology platforms, since the last 8 years.
Shrikant Sinha, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation, said, “We are glad to collaborate with Vodafone
Foundation to enable the most powerful tool in people’s hands today, help
improve their lives” He further
added, “We are hopeful that Mobile
for Good will act as a catalyst to bring forward break through innovations in
mobile technology from across the country and these innovations will help
integrate social objectives with technology to fuel social development in India.”
For more information
about the Awards, to apply and read about the past winners and their successful
applications, please visit www.vodafone.in/mobileforgood
Scheduled
events
- Roadshows:
·
25 June 2015, Hotel Vivanta by Taj – President, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai
·
2 July 2015, Hotel Taj Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
- The final winners
for the 2015 Awards will be announced on 3 December 2015 in New Delhi
About Mobile for
Good Awards
The Mobile for Good
Awards aim to recognise, promote and support mobile innovations for driving
social change in India. Since 2011, we have recognised 21 diverse NGOs &
social enterprises in India. Winning NGOs receive critical funding &
mentorship. The Awards are back for the fifth consecutive year in 2015. The M4G
2015 Awards will recognise 11 winning mobile solutions in 2 categories that are
addressing issues in education, women empowerment & inclusive development,
agriculture & environment, health, government solutions.
The Mobile for Good
Awards 2015 initiative is led by the Vodafone Foundation; powered by NASSCOM
Social Innovation Forum as Implementation Partners; Grant Thornton India LLP as
Knowledge Partners and NextGen as Mentorship Partners.
About Vodafone Foundation
The Vodafone Foundation in India recognises
the power of mobile technology to address some of India’s most pressing
challenges relating to education, health, equality and access. We are committed
to enable people and technology to drive innovation, disseminate knowledge, and
create shared value to improve lives.
By leveraging our mobile technology in the
four areas of m-women, m-education, m-health and m-agriculture, we work in
partnership with key charities, development agencies and the community to drive
social change on a large scale in India. As part of our social investment
programme, the Vodafone Foundation in India also focusses on disaster relief
and implements the World of Difference programme, an unique employee
engagement.
In countries in which Vodafone operates, a
unique footprint of 27 Vodafone Foundations operate to deliver our social
investment programme. These programmes are directed and chosen by the
Foundation Trustees and receive funding from the Vodafone Foundation in the UK
as well as their local Vodafone company. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.in/foundation
About
NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum
In line with NASSCOM Foundation's vision of
enhancing lives through technology, the NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF)
identifies, Awards, showcases and supports innovative initiatives that have
used Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for positive social
impact. NSIF provides ecosystem support to social innovators, to aid and
enhance the development and reach of technology based solutions. With an aim to
address the key gaps in inclusive development, NSIF focuses promoting solutions
on education, skills development, health, financial inclusion, disaster
management and Assistive Technologies (for Persons with Disabilities). Through
this platform, NSIF, aspires to build a systematic commitment to social
innovations and inspire change-makers in Corporates and Not-For Profits to
leverage technology to deepen social impact. For more Information, please
visit, https://nasscomfoundation.org/get-engaged/nasscom-social-innovation-forum.html
Grant Thornton India LLP
Grant Thornton India LLP
is a member firm within Grant Thornton International Ltd which is one of the
world's leading organisations of independently owned and managed accounting and
consulting firms which presence in+130 countries, having +700 offices and with
+38,500 consultants/ employees.
Grant Thornton India LLP
with its presence in 11 major cities in India (Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida and Pune), is a
leading firmproviding assurance, tax and advisory services to privately owned,
not for profit organisations, public listed and public sector clients and help
them find solutions to their business. Within the Advisory practice, Grant
Thornton India LLP has a dynamic team of professionals dedicated to
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (Climate Change &
Energy, Quality, Environment Heath, Safety, Social, CSR & Energy,
Sustainability & Social Responsibility, Third Party Audit and Assurance
Services) perspective of businesses and compliance thereof.
NextGen
NextGen, previously
incubated at NSRCEL, IIM-Bangalore and TBI, BITS-Pilani is one of India's
fastest growing cleantech companies. NextGen operates in 6 countries with
Fortune 500 clients across 16 different sectors. NextGen's passionate team from
the best universities across the globe delivers innovative and best in class
solutions across sectors and geographies. The genesis of NextGen was from a
research paper developed at BITS-Pilani when the Founders were students then.
NextGen evolved into two broad domains of Sustainability Management and Waste
to Energy.
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