The document summarizes the mBillionth Awards event held in 2011 in India. It provides details about: - The event targeted 8 South Asian countries across 11 categories with 6 parallel summit sessions and 7 roundtable discussions. - It received over 250 nominees and recognized 21 winners, as well as honored 10 social media appreciations. - The event showcased over 60 live demonstrations and provided 20 lacs INR in funding for winners.

1. 21st July 2012
New Delhi, India
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2. Th eme
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3. 2011
mit
Sum  Target 8 South Asian Countries
 Under 11 Broad categories
 Having 6 Parallel Summit sessions
The company of all the other  & 7 Roundtable discussions
eminent jurors made it such a joy
to be there and finally even if those  Received 250+ Nominees/21 Winners-
2 days had extended, i am sure
everyone on the team would have (mBillionth)
gone on without so much as a
whimper. Loved it. Thanks to ICTA
 Showcase 60+ Live demonstrations
the Host and mBillionth Awards.
 Honor 10 Social Media appreciations
Amitabh Singhal
Director – Telxess Consulting
 Received 60 Nominees/2 winners- (M4G)
Services (P) Ltd., Board Director
– .ORG, the Public Interest
 Provide 20 Lacs INR fund support for winners
Registry (M4G)
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Bringing in fresh perspectives and
driving home the point that this new
medium of communication is one
that answers most problems policy
faces today in reaching out to all
strata of society.”
Dr. Amir Ullah Khan
Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
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8. reas
ad A d
Bro vere
co Business & Enterprise
Banking
Infrastructure
Travel & Tourism
Mobile phone is not limited to
talking only. You can keep money in Culture & Heritage
the bank, as well as purchase your
favorite clothes using the mobile Environment
phone. To make life easier
innovative ideas have been adopted. Agriculture
To appreciate these ideas by
mBillionth Award is an incredible Women
initiative !!!
News & Journalism
Mr. S M Ashraf Khan
CEO, Multimedia Content & Governance
Communications Ltd, Bangladesh
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9. en tors
M  Mr. Madan Mohan Rao, Research Project
Director, Mobile Monday
 Mr. Ashis Sanyal, Former Senior Director
(e-Governance), Department of IT,
This is one of the platform which can Government of India
bring them to the core and
encourage them to do more to  Mr. Rajen Varada, CEO Labournet &
change and shape the world to a
new dimension. Mobility is one Founder, TFTP
segment which can reach fast to all
segment of the pyramid. I hope its  Mr. Osama Manzar , Founder & Director,
only through awards like this,
individuals and companies can be
Digital empowerment Foundation
honored and recognized.”  Mr. Amitabh Singhal, Telxess consulting
Mr. Sinnathamby Shanmugarajah Service Pvt. Ltd.
CTO, Microimage Mobile Media,
Sri Lanka  Mr. Amir Ullah Khan, Deputy Director,
Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
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10. t ives
Initia
 Partnership with Vodafone India Foundation
 Initiated ‘Mobiles for Good’
 Explore & Invite Registered NGOs & NPOs
The mBillionth Award is a great
platform to demonstrate the power
working for Social Impact using Mobile
of mobile and recognise the talents Phones
of those who are able to deploy ICT
in innovative ways to help build the  M4G: Honor 2 winners out of 60 valid
digital divide and create new
opportunities for Indian society at Nominations from India
large. The power of mobile in
creating sectors”  Provide 20 lacs Fund support to the winners
Laura Turkington  Visit the Winners project site on regular basis
Director– Vodafone India
Foundation
to ensure the progress of Project in an
effective & efficient manner
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11. t ives
Initia
 Partnership with Vodafone India Foundation
 Initiated ‘Women and Innovation Award’
 Explore & Invite Mobile applications creating
Getting insights to truly original
mobile applications addressing a
impact & benefiting Women in the society
wide variety of localized needs of  WIN: Honor 3 winners out of 60 valid
this region was an impressive
start of the jury process. During nominations
the jury process, how collective
decision making was  Provide 44 lacs Fund support to the winners
made, blending different
perspectives in an objective way
was indeed praiseworthy. Overall
a great experience!
Manjula Dissanayake
VP – Global Operations|
ZONE24X7
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12. e s
ativ
Initi
 Partnership with Vodafone
 Explore & Inviting people to Create Mobile
apps
From witnessing applications that
were innovations in their own right  Sponsorship provided for the innovators to
to those that impacted millions of
people, actually “changing lives”,
build the apps
the experience told me that inspite
of being part of a huge mobile-app
 Launch & promote them through vodafone
churning organization, there is so market place
much we have to learn still.
 Enhance the apps through funding &
Mr. Karan Gambhir
General Manager, One97 supporting Innovators
Communications Ltd.
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13. e s
ativ
Initi
 Partnership with Spice digital initiative
EkSoch
 Seed the concept of mPowerForum
 Invite Ideas/Concepts from India
Personally I look forward for
those days when these award  Choose ideas sound Socially Impactful &
wining applications get converted
into successful value-added Commercially viable
commercial applications and
services.”  Support Incubation support to nurture the
Mr Ashis Sanyal
applications
Former Sr. Director, Ministry of
Comm & IT, Gov of India
 Provide Mentors to the innovators to
develop a sustainable model
 Support in provide a network using which the
application can be launched in the Market
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14. t ives
Initia
 Partnership with OnMobile
 A PPP model for the empowerment of
Unreached masses
Its wonderful to be part of a
jury process which help
 Initiated Digital Literacy Program
recognize best mobile
application innovations. I was
 Partners like Ministry of IT,Govt. of India
moved by some of the thinking
which actually help real
 Many Device Players & Telco Players joined in
needed people on the ground.” for this initiative
Mr. Sanjaya Karunasena  Support in providing resources for idea
Chief Technology Officer,
ICTA, Sri Lanka implementation
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15. inable
Susta del
Mo
 mBillionth Award has been renowned as first
of its kind initiative in the Telecom space of
south Asia region.
The mBillionth awards is unique  An aim to make mBillionth a Sustainable
with just this mission
bringing together people with a Intelligence Model to cover aspects of
spectrum of experiences in both
public and private life to broad base
Awareness, Social Vibrancy & Economic
evaluation. Being part of the jury Prosperity
was both intense and a pleasure.
 A Bunch of supporters includes names like-
Mr. Chirag Jain
Vice President, Carrier Relations
(India), SMS GupShup
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16. r
s al fo 2
Propo nth 201
m Billio  This year we again would like to invite you to
join us at mBillionth Award 2012 platform to
honor excellence in the Mobile & Telecom
Space of South Asia.
 Join us as:
 Jury Member
 Financial Sponsors (Details in next slide)
 Mentoring the innovative Apps
 Venture Capitalist for new apps
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17. k You
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