criteria Guidelines
guidelines
Startup ICT Award 2024
This award aims to a reward a Tech-Startup incorporated in last four year and has demonstrated exceptional institutional growth, scaled up product and services and diversified its business model and can showcase resilient and exemplary ICT Startup and its prospects in Nepal.
Product ICT Award 2024
This award aims to recognize an innovative product that can showcase and lead a positive impact of ICT on business or in the lives of the community. Such products should be from the Tech sector and maybe a software or a hardware or a combination of both.
Rising Star Innovation ICT Award 2024
This award aims to recognize the contribution and innovation made in information technology sector by Youths and Students. Any one who is a full time student OR an individual below 30 years (born on or after Shrawan 2051 B.S /July 1994 A.D.) is eligible to apply for this award category and can submit their academic research project or industry innovation to showcase his/her (their) contributions towards the ICT sector of Nepal.
Social Innovation ICT Award 2024
The Social Innovation ICT Award recognizes the innovative works from the academia, government and organizations/groups that help society to change and bring positive transformation. The project should be based in social sectors such as agriculture, climate change, education, public health, public rights protection, connectivity, inclusion, and more. The project must have been initiated within the last 5 years. Project/program incorporated in or after F.Y. – 76/77.
Professional Excellence ICT Award 2024
The Professional Excellence ICT Award aims to recognize and honor ICT professional’s excellence in their respective domain of professional expertise. This prestigious award recognizes the exemplary contribution of Nepalese ICT professionals who have professionally excelled and have achieved outstanding results in their professional circle, technical community, organizational reputation or society at large.
Pioneer ICT Award 2024
This award will be honored to an individual who has made significant contribution towards the promotion and development of the ICT sector. This will unveil a personality who may have remained behind the scene but the contributions done by him/her are unprecedented and undisputed.
Nepali Diaspora ICT Award 2024
This award will acknowledge a person from Nepali origin who has made a remarkable imprint in the international arena and has helped identify Nepal as an internationally competent and resource talent pool in the global arena of ICT. Person from Nepali origin residing and based in foreign countries achieving exemplary feats in the ICT sector.
Entrepreneur ICT Award 2024
This award will applaud the charisma of the icon ICT Entrepreneur who has energized a whole generation of entrepreneurs. It will recognize their achievement to move ahead and shape the ICT sector of Nepal and abroad.
Woman ICON ICT Award 2024
This award will be presented to a model icon woman leader of the ICT sector in Nepal. The award recognizes and celebrates females contribution in the tech-industry for their remarkable achievement.Woman ICON who has contributed in the ICT sector of Nepal for the past 10 years or more.
Digital Education ICT Award 2024 (Public Sector)
This award appreciates the achievements of public educational institutions (School/Colleges) for their excellence in implementation and use of ICT in digital education as an effective tool for teaching and learning activities. Public educational institutions(School & Colleges) with exemplary success in the use of ICT in education are eligible to nominate themselves in this category.
Digital Education ICT Award 2024 (Private Sector)
This award appreciates the achievements of private educational institutions ( School/Colleges) for their excellence in the implementation and use of ICT in digital education as an effective tool for teaching and learning activities. Private educational institutions(School, Colleges) with exemplary success in the use of ICT in education are eligible to nominate themselves in this category.
Digital Governance ICT Award 2024
This award acknowledges the government organizations involved in promoting, using and enabling digital governance. Public or Government organizations with exemplary success in the use of ICT in digital governance are eligible to nominate themselves in the Public sector category.
Digital Services ICT Award 2024
Private Institution/organization or their specialized ICT initiatives showcasing exemplary incorporation, implementation and execution of ICT tools to serve their constituency. This category is targeted for the companies who are non governmental organizations (like bank, insurance, health, agriculture, tourism, telecommunication service provider, Fintech etc), who have been making their services digital friendly for the general public or the service consumers by the use of information and communication technology.
South Asia Startup ICT Award 2024
South Asia is an emerging market for tech and innovation. Startups from South Asia championing the world tech market entails to be acknowledged for their contribution. The South Asia Startup ICT Award 2024 is an initiative that forms a part of the broader ICT Award 2024. It specifically aims to recognize and celebrate entrepreneurship in the South Asian region, bringing together innovative ideas and talented individuals from various countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.