- Chanderiyaan – Chanderi Weavers ICT Resource Centre (CWIRC) at Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, which is an initiative of Digital Empowerment Foundation since January 2009. http://chanderiyaan.chanderi.org
- Gyan Vatika, a centre owned by Digital Empowerment Foundation at Ranchi, Jharkhand.
- Sankalp Mamoni at Baran, Rajasthan. http://sankalpmamoni.in
- Sapna at Alwar, Rajasthan. http://sapnango.in
- Barefoot College at Tilonia, Uttar Pradesh. http://www.barefootcollege.org
- North-East Development Foundation at Guwahati, Assam. http://www.nedfindia.org
- India Development Alternatives Foundation at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. http://idaf.org.in
- Hawelvani Community Radio at Chamba, Uttarankhand.
- Digital Resource and Training Centre at Sonapur, Assam.
- Aman Welfare Association at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- Keystone Foundation at Kottagiri, Tamil Nadu. http://www.keystone-foundation.org
- Disha at Bhadrak, Odisha. http://www.dishaorissa.org
- YouthNet at Kohima, Nagaland. http://www.youthnet.org.in
- Vivekananda Seva Kendra -O- Sishu Uddyan (VSSU) at Ullon, West Bengal. http://www.vssu.in
- Alok Khajauli at Beheta, Bihar. http://www.alokngo.com
- SMSONE at Pune, Maharashtra. http://www.smsone.in
- Technology for the People at Bangalore, Karnataka. http://www.tftpeople.org
- Technology for the People at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. http://www.tftpeople.org
- Punjab Digital Library at Chandigarh. http://www.punjabdigilib.org
- Young India at Konark, Odisha. http://www.youngindia.net.in
- Sristi Gyan Kendra at Punchkula, Chandigarh. http://sgk.in/



Technology is as good as what it does. That is the basic principle on which we started our journey at the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and instituted the Manthan Award. The idea was to identify initiatives that use information and communication technology (ICT) tools to achieve specific goals with the long-term target of empowering the masses, especially in rural areas. 








