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"If'S been another m Billionth
and / am delighted 'o par t
This year entries n•ally in
categories. A high Of data services,
inclusion Of services around region.
is roll!)' excellent proa•ss,- Jury deluued and even •
lually made rhe right decision"
"Being part Of the jury Of mBilliOnth
has really inen•dible OP-
'o discuss 10
creativity using
'hinking about social impact, looking
for sustainability and really coming up
with new models for engaging in rhe
21st century"
is a fantastic jury as always and vari-
perspectives are being thrown
across. More 150 different evalua-
lions have been in
Categories. was Of the jury
year i" Sri I think i' is
"This is time in m Billionth Jury
and I believe is a very good
opportunity for inncwators and
a medium to
Sure belter Service delivery
Bangladesh I 'hat this kind
Of initiatives •would inspire my
country people who would
ward with new sedations.
am happy ro see citizen centric new
ideas at large and wish '"Billionth
continue and extend itself up to higher
levels and innova-
to think of the box and use
technology to create solutions to serve
the society wish all the best to the
Billionth Awa rd_-
Fayazuddin Ahmad
process was very democratic and
were mnny lively discussions, I think win-
ners are having lime to win the award
because they are very good candidates. congrat-
the
winners who have w." this year, And
who haven't. they Can Come next yea
Soumya Sarkar
"Ws being a very interesting day and a half of de•
liberations. It's amazing to see the diversities of
entries as as the commitment of the Jurors to
do justice to each entry. And finally think best
one; are won."
"It is myßrsl ar '"Billionth jury. We looked at several
very interesting nominations and think we all
wanted to make sure we are
of time to and every nominee, process
is extremely intense and I think we have done a great
job for two days; crunching the data we got. Some of
the really interesting This
is COOI to See in terms Of what pmgreSS they have made
and the WOY their idea works.'
Anisha Singh
Shivendra Sharma
Were impressive Of application
and entries we received. was impressed
by 'he diversity rhe breadth and depth of
rhe applications. was a hard
choice and rhe winners are very credible.
The jury spent a lot of time deliberating
and evaluating each entry and category
The winners are the future heroes of
country the change agents that will have
tremendous impact:
is my 3rd Of with the
'"Billionth process. I delighted to be
here. And some Of highlights Of this
are: the Inrger and more sophisticated num-
ber of entries coming across rhe n•gion; mo•
bile is becoming so popular as a delivery
platform for mobile services now that we
need to start making the distinction be-
tween technology infrastructure, business
infrastructure, payment infrastructure and
SO So we need to - think some the
categories. we might add One for
rural application and
Madanmohan Rao
is my first experience Of
the jury Of m Billionth Amrd
and been extremely re-
warding Very enlighten -
ing. / had occasion 'o be
part of Manthan Award jury
last year. Both are well organ•
ised and both have been a
fantastic learning experience
for me, And am very im-
pressed by the discipline of the
jury process. I am that
there iS SO much attention
given every detail
the nominees it;
only the nominees
make i'
of all the jurors."
- The level and the
entries have Seen thig year
are incredible. a privilege
of being in the jury. being
a process,
enjoyed i' everyone
had 101 'o say. think really
have picked the winners our of
the pool of contenders. It was
great ro be a part of it and
am for And a
big congratulations to all win-
it's really exciting. And
it S definitely a stamp Of recog-
nition to all hardwi"king in
and that'S been put
end 'o solution
were presented over rhe last
couple of days. "
"J was really overwhelmed with m Billionth
jury and the way it was conducted, It was
very rigorous at the same time very much
participatory, unCO'nprOmising at the
treatability and quality Of the award. I
this award give'S an opportunity 'o
existing innovators and contestants to be
more innovative as well as provides a plat•
form ro new 'uners. I expect 'har this
award ro really scale up and connect ro
larger number of masses and contribute to
the de
"Ws pleasure ro be here a' the mbillionlh Jury and it's a rigorous and very intense
learning prcxess. We nere involved and think rhe amount of work we have
seen being carried out by so many developers. I think i' is something we really lookfor
ward to, in terms of being able to understand what people are doing for others. a
big learning for same time is a big responsibility ro pick the Winners.
Hcwever those who don't make the grade as winners do not necessarily means they
are not winners. think almost every entry that we had was cmnmendab/e and con-
gratulafions to the winners at the same time, we to the other entries
to again,"
"It's great to be here in Kathmandu.
The of Sri is very
closely associated with mbillionth
award. has been a wonderful ex-
with people va
perien e
well Nepal
Bangladesh _ Such wide
Of m• have
from over India, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka and Pakistan etc. have been
amazed from wide variety, depth
and quality ofapplicahons that have
come up and look forward 'o be
closely associated with DEF in years
to come not just in
award,
with manfhan award
with other joint initiatives
we have with
Chitranganie Mubarak
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