Best Project Based on Open Source Platform

Awards Criteria for the Best project based on Open Source Platform

The award is open for all forms of government organisations, academic institutions, Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), private organisations, self help groups etc., who have used free and open source platform or the ideas of the free software movement, in their projects that intentionally and significantly benefited at large. The award also recognises individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of free and open source software. The projects, which are promoting or advancing free software are also eligible for this award. Projects nominated in this category should bear in themselves a mark of sustainability.

Selection Process for the best project based on open source platform

• Range of livelihoods who benefit from the initiative


• Flexibility of the initiative to be adopted for application elsewhere


• Positive impacts of the project/initiative


• Innovative use of open source software


• Efficacy of the initiative/project in terms of capacity building and endurance


• Sustainability of the project/initiative