Kissan
Krishideepam, an agricultural based Television program under the Kissan
– Kerala Project of the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Kerala
bagged the South Asian Manthan Award –2008 for “Best e-content
for Development”. The award was jointly constituted and organized
by Digital Empowerment Foundation, World Summit Award- Austria and
Centre for E-governance, Govt. of India.
The
project was selected for its best digital contents in Agriculture and its
multi-modal approach on e-education in the farming sector across Kerala.
This award was selected from 264 nominations from 8 south Asian
countries and selected by 20 members Jury through a transparent selection
process. This
is the only project from Kerala selected for this award. The award
was selected for the successful integration of various technologies like
Television, Internet, Telephone and mobile/SMS for delivering useful
content and information to the farmers.
The award was received by sri. R. Ajith Kumar, project Coordinator –
KISSAN Kerala from Dr.Wajahat Habibullah,
Chief Information Commissioner Central Information Commission, Govt. of
India,
during the South Asian Conclave held on 19th October at New
Delhi. The KISSAN-Kerala
project was presented during the Conference and acclaimed well
appreciation from the delegates across South Asian countries.