An initiative of NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA & DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

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eGovernance Service Delivery Gateway (NSDG)
E-governance means to deliver online services to citizens, businesses and governments and requires increasing interactions amongst departments and with external agencies at various levels in government. The National e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway (NSDG) is an attempt to reduce such point to point connections between departments and provide a standardized interfacing,messaging and routing switch through which various players such as departments, front-end service access providers and back-end service providers can make their applications and data inter-operable. The NSDG aims to achieve a high order of interoperability among autonomous and heterogeneous entities of the Government (in the Centre, States or Local bodies), based on a framework of e-Governance Standards and to act as a core infrastructure for achieving standards-based interoperability between various e-government applications implemented at various levels and geographically dispersed locations. Read more >>

Website : http://nsdg.gov.in/administration/

Multi-Lingual Platform for Digital Devices & Applications
It is a multi-lingual platform for digital devices and applications that can make the digital ecosystem accessible in 32 languages of the world including all 22 official languages of India. It provides text display, input and processing technology on digital platforms for global languages. Reverie specializes in complex non-Latin scripts that have negligible presence on digital platforms like mobiles, set top boxes, tablets, navigation devices and appliances. Currently Reverie offers solutions for 32 global languages, including 22 Indian languages, Perso-Arabic and South Asian languages. Using Reverie’s integrated multi-lingual solutions, device manufacturers, application developers, content providers and Telecom service providers can offer value added services (VAS) by delivering a variety of local language content to address demand from over a billion users in India and other emerging markets. Read more >>

Website : www.reverie.co.in

Nepalmandal.com
Nepalmandal.com is a complete web portal in Nepalbhasa (Newar Language) established in 2008. It is the first and only web portal of its kind in Nepal Bhasa intending to provide national, international news, blogs and audio and video entertainment. It also offers weather forecast services, Newar cultural news, articles and pictures as well as all sorts of information in local language for the Newars in Nepal Bhasa. Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal which is spoken today as a mother tongue by theNewars, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandal, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and the surrounding regions. The language is also spoken in many parts of Nepal as well as some parts of India, typically in Sikkim, where it is one of the 11 official languages. Newars are the indigenous peoples of Nepalmandal. Read more >>

Website : www.nepalmandal.com

Chai with Lakshmi
Chai with Lakshmi was started in 2011, claimed to be a meaningful online talk show that connects the average Indian internet user with projects and people who are impacting the quality of urban lives and the future of the nation. Through webisodes that are 7 to 11 minutes long,the show carries forward stories that are inspiring, informative, current and real. The viewers are spread across the globe. The content is available across platforms and intents to change the way India sees itself and how India is seen.The initiative aims at bringing across that India is much more than the political challenges it is facing, more than the trials the average middle class Indian faces on a day to day basis and much more than caste and religious divides. The shows aim to be light hearted and entertaining. Read more >>

Website : www.chaiwithlakshmi.in

Rural Visual Journalism Network
The goal of the initiative, started in 2011, is to create a network of rural visual journalists who will produce and bring to the attention of the world, stories on bad governance, human right violations and other related issues. The Rural Visual Journalism Network creates multimedia stories on development, human rights, good governance and democracy from rural Bangladesh which will generate employment for district correspondents. The aim is to build a network of professional photographers, NGO workers and citizen journalists who will be trained and equipped to produce multimedia (photography, video, text) stories from 64 rural districts with the goal to cover100% of Bangladesh. The content produced by the network will be directed by the DrikNEWS website while the goal is also to work with Drik’s banglarights.net website to harmonize the campaigns and projects directed by other NGOs and build an archive of reports on issues of rural human rights, good governance and democracy. Read more >>

Website : http://driknews.com/site/rvjn

oneindia.in
The program was established in 2006 and presents an integrated internet portal, which provides news updates, sports news,travel and lifestyle content, entertainment, videos and many other topics in multiple Indian languages. The long-term vision is to reach hundreds of millions of Indians worldwide with relevant and meaningful content. Currently Oneindia has more than 135 million monthly page views and over 2 million monthly unique visitors while 50 million page views happen from the mobile internet site. The mission of oneindia.in is also to reach and serve every online viewer in their own regional language as content provision in local languages has proven to be extremely high in demand among viewers across the board. By 2013, new levels of growth are expected whereby the more ambitious objectives have been set. Read more >>

Website : www.oneindia.in

Barta Vubon
BartaVubon was started in 2011 and is an Information Hub in Bengali Language while also being the first one to use Social BookmarkingTechnology.The information source of the hub consists of various types of local websites using online newspapers,magazines, wikis, blogs,forums and notes in Bengali Language.The information of BartaVubon is categorized and regularly checked by the administration of the initiative because neither reliability nor authenticity should be compromised. BartaVubon is comfortable with any type of internet enabled devices.The portal consists of different kinds of design dependent on the device capacity of the delivered content. Anyone can visit BartaVubon with any device from any place. Read more >>

Website : http://bartavubon.com

Science Website in Bengali Language
The ScienceWebsite was set up in July 2010 by Cosmic Culture to promote knowledge in science and is operated as a web portal in Bengali language. This portal ispublishing scientific information on astronomical events, scientific achievements ofBangladeshi and international scholars and scientific articles. The website furthercontains news on activities and the life of Bengali scientists, introduces differentscience organization from Bangladesh, book reviews, online editions of rare Bengali books, sky charts, space missions and many other topics.The main objective of Cosmic Culture is to disburse scientific information among the population at large andto students in particular by using very easy language and ways of communication.The long term goal is to educate the rich and young population of Bangladesh inmodern science in order to further develop the country on a whole. Read more >>

Website : www.cosmicculture.org

All Events in City
All Events is a one place platform founded in 2011 which informs about all the important events happening in the area. Any tourist or local person can get informationabout any events free of cost which helps him exploring the city through eventswith the added advantage of not having to register for the service. All Events is aglobal platform that allows the client to not only share Facebook events quickly but also to promote them. A simple and easy way to know what is happening aroundthe city. The concept got popular with the users instantly and now a huge numberof events are posted every day. The aim is to promote as many events through thesite as possible;to make users aware of what the site’s name promises, namely “AllEvents” in the city. Read more >>

Website : http://allevents.in

Hornbillfestival.com
Hornbillfestival.com was developed at a time when proper information on the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland was not available on the Internet. During the year 2011,the website received visitors from 85 countries. Each year, the website responds to hundredsof enquiries from tourists wishing to visit the festival.With time, the website startedproviding various online services for tourists based on their requirements. By providinghome-stays for tourists,the website has helped locals to earn and income while at thesame time to providing accommodation to tourists. Hornbillfestival.com has alsoplayed a major role in spreading awareness about the Hornbill bird which is facing extinction and helped form the Hornbill Conservation Initiative.Hornbillfestival.com wasawarded the National Tourism Award 2010-2011 and the e-North East Award 2011. Read more >>

Website : www.hornbillfestival.com

Roads Less Travelled
RLT works with locals with the goal to promotesustainable tourism and on improving the livelihoods of the locals in the process. Roads Less Travelled (RLT) was established in 2011 and promotes local and alternative travel, bringing together the worlds of the local people and local operators withthe travelers who are keen to explore local cultures, gaining offbeat experiences. RLTworks with locals with the goal to promote sustainable tourism and on improvingthe livelihoods of the locals in the process. Read more >>

Website : www.rltgo.com

 
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