NASSCOM Foundation and Mphasis launch NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF) to support and mentor India’s best Social Innovations
– A catalytic grant of INR 10 Lakhs will be given out to each of the winning solutions from across 5 thematic areas
– NSIF enters its 11th year of honouring, supporting and mentoring tech-based Social Innovations from across India
– Applications from NGOs & Social Enterprises with innovative projects that use technology for solving key development issues invited.
New Delhi, 16th May 2019: NASSCOM Foundation, in partnership with Mphasis today announced the launch of eleventh edition of the NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF) – India’s largest platform to foster innovative use of technology and create sustained social impact. The program instituted in 2008, identifies, honours and supports, innovative technology projects, products and solutions that have the potential to address critical gaps in key developmental areas and contribute to inclusive growth of the country.
Building on the solid foundation from the last ten years’ success and learnings, NSIF is inviting entries from a diverse range of social innovators across NGOs, social enterprises and start-ups.
With support from Mphasis, NSIF will award catalytic grants of INR 10 Lakhs each to the strongest tech innovations that are creating radical social impact in areas of Financial Inclusion, Healthcare, Environment, Education and Accessibility. The grants will be given to one winner from each of the above thematic areas.
The winners will also be provided with a 12-month Support-to-Scale Mentoring by subject matter experts in the industry and access to NASSCOM Foundation’s 2000 innovator strong network of tech for good leaders in the country. The Forum aims to drive CSR capital to encourage and scale innovations across relevant and topical themes in the country.
“We are delighted to be part of an initiative that drives social advancement and fosters innovation. Today, there are various pathfinders who are seeking creative ways to address key developmental issues faced by the country, and it is our focus to encourage their efforts and offer support. Through our association with NASSCOM Foundation, we hope to create social impact at scale and encourage innovations that contribute towards the progress of our society in the long run, said Srikanth Karra, Chief Human Resources Officer, Mphasis.
Ashok Pamidi, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation said, “”We may soon be able to replace braille dots with electrostatic charges allowing the visually impaired to use touch screen smartphones; Artificial Intelligence may soon govern our healthcare systems; IoT may soon be able to help bring efficiencies in our efforts towards environment conservation, Machine Learning may help provide better education. We are living in exciting times where innovative technology solutions can help change the social fabric and solve some of the most pressing problems for India. He further added, “With NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum, we hope to support the best possible tech-based innovations that can make the lives of people easier. We are grateful to Mphasis to continue providing support to the social innovators through this program.”
Applications for NSIF are open till 15th June, 2019.
Once the applications are received, they will undergo a carefully designed 3 stage, shortlisting process with jury members consisting of the leaders from across industries. The winners will be announced and felicitated at the NASSCOM Product Conclave in November 2019.
For details on the NSIF application process and more, please visit – www.nasscomfoundation.org/nsif or write to the team at [email protected] .
About NASSCOM Foundation:
NASSCOM Foundation is a leading non-profit organization driving technology for good. The Foundation’s work is just as expansive and evolutionary as the potential that technology and corporate India entail. Drawing strength from its parent body NASSCOM, the Foundation works closely with four major stakeholders: NASSCOM member companies, NGOs, emerging social enterprises and Government to foster a strategic relationship between technology and development. NASSCOM Foundation’s core initiatives include working for Persons with Disabilities, fostering innovative solutions for social good, creating unique skilling models for underserved communities, and digital literacy where it is the industry partner to the Govt. of India’s National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM / DiSHA)
For more information, visit www.nasscomfoundation.org
About Mphasis
Mphasis (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS) applies next-generation technology to help enterprises transform businesses globally. Customer centricity is foundational to Mphasis and is reflected in the Mphasis’ Front2Back™ Transformation approach. Front2Back™ uses the exponential power of cloud and cognitive to provide hyper-personalized (C=X2C2 TM=1) digital experience to clients and their end customers. Mphasis’ Service Transformation approach helps ‘shrink the core’ through the application of digital technologies across legacy environments within an enterprise, enabling businesses to stay ahead in a changing world. Mphasis’ core reference architectures and tools, speed and innovation with domain expertise and specialization are key to building strong relationships with marquee clients. Click here to know more.
