Best NGO Initiative of the year

Awards Criteria for the Best NGO in e-Governance

The award is to open for all Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and community based groups who use Information, Communications and Technologies (ICTs) for providing e-Governance services, computerisation of government departments for the purposes of increasing access, transparency, efficiency of administrative functions such as tracking and monitoring, billing of utility bills, e-Services and creating transparency between public and government.

The evaluation criteria is based on quality of vision of the projects, services, past work and implementations of technologies for the empowerment of livelihoods, and so on. Besides, soundness of technology being used, the scalability and sustainability issues and finally the impact it has made on the citizen’s life are also some of the criteria for evaluation.

Selection Process for the NGO in e-Governance

• Range of livelihoods who benefit from the initiative


• Flexibility of the initiative to be adopted for application elsewhere


• Geographical area covered


• Success of the initiative/project


• Positive impacts of the initiative/project on the livelihood of people


• Innovative use of information and communication technologies


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


• Sustainability of the project/initiative