Manthan Awardees among Stockholm Challenge finalists

As many as 4 Manthan Awardees figure among the list of finalists in the Stockholm Challenge Awards 2008 edition. Altogther 145 finalists have been chosen in the following six categories. 
The 6 categories in the Stockholm Challenge Awards are :
Culture
Economic Development
Education
Environment
Health &
Public Administration

The Manthan Awardees to make the final cut include : Bhojpuria.com (http://www.bhojpuria.com/) (awarded in the e-Culture category in Manthan Award 2006 edition),
e-Sagu (http://www.esagu.in;http://www.iiit.ac.in/~pkreddy)(awarded in the e-Enterprise & Livelihood category in 2008 edition) 
The National Portal of India http://www.india.gov.in/) (awarded in the e-Governance category in 2008 edition) &
RAGAS- an ict tool to implement NREGS benefitting the bottom most layer of pyramid in Andhra Pradesh (http://nrega.ap.gov.in/), (awarded in the e-Governance category in 2008 edition) India

Besides these Manthan Awardees, the finalists also include 23 other best practices from South Asian countries. The final list including Manthan Awardees is as under:

Culture ( 3 South Asian finalists)

Bhojpuria.com (bhojpuria.com), India
Digital Green (digitalgreen.org) India;
Unnayan TV (unnayantv.com) Bangladesh; 

Economic Development (8 South Asian finalist)

e-Sagu : An IT-based personalized agro-advisory system(http://www.esagu.in;http://www.iiit.ac.in/~pkreddy), India
AKASHGANGA -Empowering rural milk producers with simple ICTs (akashganga.in), India
All Blind Orchestra - 'Heart 2 Heart' by the Visually Challenged (visuallychallenged.com/orchestra/), India
Enabling financial inclusion and increasing efficiency of Self Help Groups Microcredit Federations (ekgaon.com/CAM), India
Learning Experience - an initiative to change lives of underpriivilged society using ICT4D (http://www.indiahabitat.org/Habitat Learning Centre), India
Social Security Pensions software - to ensure effective delivery of pensions to poor in Andhra Pradesh, (http://www.ssp.ap.gov.in/), India
Strengthen Fair Trade within the sphere of Social Entrepreneurship, (http://www.ecotaftf.org/), Bangladesh
Strengthening education in local area (most marginalized community) through the ICT at the Nanasala E-community Centre
(http://www.nanasala.lk/), Sri Lanka

Education (6 South Asian finalists)

Achieving Sustainable Social Equality Through Information & Computer Technology (ASSET-ICT) (assetindiafoundation.org) India;
Bangladesh Global Connections and Exchange Project (connect-bangladesh.org) Bangladesh
Giri Pragna (giripragna.org), India
Mahiti Manthana (itforchange.net), India
Multilingual Systems for literacy & Education (acharya.iitm.ac.in), India
Shilpa Suyura Project - Digital self Learning for remote, rural students lacking educational resources & teachers (shilpasayura.org), Sri Lanka

Environment (1 South Asian finalist)

KidsRgreen— Green Web-Magazine for Children (http://www.kidsrgreen.org/), India

Health (2 South Asian finalists)

Freedom HIV/AIDS - Mobile Phone Games and Health Management Applications to combat HIV/AIDS, (http://www.freedomhivaids.in/), India
OpenMED@NIC (http://openmed.nic.in/), India

Public Administration (7 South Asian finalists)

The National Portal of India (http://www.india.gov.in/), India
RAGAS- an ict tool to implement NREGS benefitting the bottom most layer of pyramid in Andhra Pradesh - (http://nrega.ap.gov.in/), India
"JAANKARI" Facilitation Centre for services under Right to Information Act(RTI), India
AirJaldi - empowering communities through wireless networks
(http://www.airjaldi.com/), India
ICT Driven e-Governance Public Service Delivery Mechanism - Jan Seva Kendra, Gandhinagar, India, (http://www.jansevakendragnr.gujarat.gov.in/), India
Project MONITOR: The Backend Software of Service Tax Commissionerate, Delhi Website in India, (http://www.servicetaxdelhi.gov.in/), India
The etuktuk project: A mobile community radio station and telecentre (http://www.etuktuk.net/), Sri Lanka