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WORLD SUMMIT AWARD c/o ICNM – International Center for New Media Leopoldskronstraße 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria +43-660-6304084 | [email protected] www.wsis-award.org PRESS RELEASE Enajori.com from India wins UN-based World Summit Award Enajori.com from India is recognised as one of the most innovative e-content products worldwide at the UN-based World Summit Award (WSA) Salzburg, September 17, 2013 By winning a World Summit Award (WSA) in e-Culture & Tourism, enajori.com from India is recognized as being one of the most innovative, technically advanced and perfectly designed e-content products worldwide. Enajori.com competed against 461 outstanding ICT ventures and applications from 168 countries. The products were tested from Aug. 29 to Aug. 31 in Estoni a’s capi tal city , Tallinn , and enajo ri.com was selected as one of the 40 best ICT ventures by the WSA Grand Jury. The jury members, 17 high class IT- professionals, are a team of e-content expertscome from all continents and have diverse backgrounds as industry leaders, researchers, social entrepreneurs and journalists. Enajori.com is a popular e-venture from Assam, the north eastern state of India which is workin g in di gi tization of Assamese culture and heri tag e throug h is portal www.enajori.com. The objective of this project is to promote the cultural heritage of Assam worldwide. ena jor i.c om had to go thr ough several sta ges before the win nin g of the Award was pronounced. Each of the 461 ventures that made it to the Grand Jury had already won a national World Summit Award in its home country in one of the eight categories of the WSA. The categories of the World Summit Award (WSA): e-Government & Open Date e-Health & Environment e-Learning & Science e-Entertainment & Games e-Culture & Tourism e-Media & Journalism e-Business & Commerce e-Inclusion & Empowerment enajori.com was nominated in e-Culture & Tourism and was subsequently recognised as being India’s best entry in this category by the WSA’S national experts. After that, enajori.com competed against every other winner in e-Culture & Tourism, judged by the Grand Jury in Tallinn which was supported by WSA’S partner organizations in Estonia. In a three day process, the WSA first created a shortlist of about 15 ventures in each category and finally decided on 40 winners; five in each of the eight categories. On the way to the Global Congress in Sri Lanka

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7/29/2019 WSA Press Release for Winner enajori.com, India

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WORLD SUMMIT AWARDc/o ICNM – International Center for New Media

Leopoldskronstraße 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria

+43-660-6304084 | [email protected]

www.wsis-award.org 

PRESS RELEASE

Enajori.com from India wins UN-based World Summit Award

Enajori.com from India is recognised as one of the most innovative e-contentproducts worldwide at the UN-based World Summit Award (WSA)

Salzburg, September 17, 2013

By winning a World Summit Award (WSA) in e-Culture & Tourism, enajori.com from Indiais recognized as being one of the most innovative, technically advanced and perfectly

designed e-content products worldwide. Enajori.com competed against 461 outstandingICT ventures and applications from 168 countries. The products were tested from Aug.29 to Aug. 31 in Estonia’s capital city, Tallinn, and enajori.com was selected as one of the 40 best ICT ventures by the WSA Grand Jury. The jury members, 17 high class IT-professionals, are a team of e-content expertscome from all continents and have diversebackgrounds as industry leaders, researchers, social entrepreneurs and journalists.

Enajori.com is a popular e-venture from Assam, the north eastern state of India which is

working in digitization of Assamese culture and heritage through is portal

www.enajori.com. The objective of this project is to promote the cultural heritage of Assam worldwide.

enajori.com had to go through several stages before the winning of the Award waspronounced. Each of the 461 ventures that made it to the Grand Jury had already won anational World Summit Award in its home country in one of the eight categories of theWSA.

The categories of the World Summit Award (WSA):

e-Government & Open Date

e-Health & Environment

e-Learning & Sciencee-Entertainment & Gamese-Culture & Tourisme-Media & Journalisme-Business & Commercee-Inclusion & Empowerment

enajori.com was nominated in e-Culture & Tourism and was subsequently recognisedas being India’s best entry in this category by the WSA’S national experts. After that,

enajori.com competed against every other winner in e-Culture & Tourism, judged bythe Grand Jury in Tallinn which was supported by WSA’S partner organizations in Estonia.In a three day process, the WSA first created a shortlist of about 15 ventures in each

category and finally decided on 40 winners; five in each of the eight categories.

On the way to the Global Congress in Sri Lanka

7/29/2019 WSA Press Release for Winner enajori.com, India

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WORLD SUMMIT AWARDc/o ICNM – International Center for New Media

Leopoldskronstraße 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria

+43-660-6304084 | [email protected]

www.wsis-award.org 

By winning a World Summit Award, the creative minds behind enajori.com now can

present their venture on a global stage and in front of a high class international audience.The Gala 2013, organized by the WSA team and its Sri Lanka partner organization ICTA(Information and Communication Agency) will take place in Colombo from October 23 to26, and all 40 winners are invited. This event will serve as a global hub for the world’sbest e-content with workshops, renowned speakers and podium discussions. It will be anunique opportunity to talk about the recent trends in e-content and to build up apowerful network.

The Global Champions of the WSA 2013, one in each of the categories, will also bechosen in Sri Lanka: Ventures that amaze by their technology as well as their design and

their innovative potential. Enajori.com is now only one step away from this great honour.

 About the World Summit Award 

The World Summit Award (WSA) is the global follow-up initiative of the United NationsWorld Summit on Information Society (WSIS) organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM), Salzburg, Austria. It partners with the key UN organisations and agencies in the framework of the UN Geneva Agenda and the Tunis Action Plan and selects and promotes the world's best e-Content and innovative ICT applications; to date

more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national pre-selections and contests together with a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and 

rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive.

The delegation of Eminent Experts of the World Summit Award has been invited toEstonia by The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. WSA delegation is

hosted by the Estonian Information System's Authority, the Association of InformationTechnology and Telecommunications, the Centre of Registers and Information Systems

and the representative of WSA in Estonia, Mrs Katri Ristal. WSA delegation's visit takes place in the framework of EU Structural Funds’ programme „Raising public awareness  about the information society“ and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Visit us on www.wsis-award.org , facebook.com/WorldSummitAward  and twitter.com/WSAoffice

Media Contact enajori.com:Himjyoti Talukdar

Founder, [email protected]@enajori.com

Media Contact World Summit Award:Christoph SeemannPress and Communications ManagerWorld Summit Awards (WSA, WSA-mobile)

[email protected]