The Manthan Award South Asia Secretariat of the Digital Empowerment Foundation invites nominations from e-content innovators, practitioners, and creators across South Asian countries who want to nominate their products and innovations. The areas of intervention include health, business, rural enterprise, governance, culture, entertainment, science and academics, microfinance, agriculture, poverty alleviation, and others.

Nominations are invited in the following 15 categories:

1. E-Business
2. Community Broadcasting
3. E-Culture
4. E-Education
5. E-Enterprise and Livelihood
6. E-Entertainment
7. E-Environment
8. E-Governance
9. E-Health
10. E-Inclusion
11. E-Learning
12. E-Localisation
13. E-News
14. E-Youth
15. Mobile Content

Click here for more information.

Click here to access a nomination form.

Click here to read about previous winners.

Manthan Award website accessed on June 11 2009.