e – SWABHIMANI WINNERS 2017 The Digital Social Impact Awards

e-Swabhimani 2017, one of the most prestigious national events organized by the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka, recognised winners for their outstanding digital innovations which made a definite high social impact, solving the real needs of local communities. The colourful event was graced by Hon. Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure and a distinguished gathering of dignitaries, including senior government officials, industry leaders, digital entrepreneurs and the media. Held for the seventh consecutive year, at e-Swabhimani 2017, 20 winners from nine categories received awards.

GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

Tell the President

Presidential Secretariat & Mobitel Pvt Ltd

Web application to communicate with the President directly to inform various issues that the general public face through grievance and petition management system.

Electronic Document Attestation System (e-DAS)

Consular Affairs Division,  

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web based service platform that has granted MFA to provide efficient and effective document attestation service. 

Online Tourism Business Licensing Service (OTBLS)

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

Delivers tourism business licence online which is a mandatory requirement by law to make the process more efficient and accessible to any tourism business in the country.

HEALTH & WELL-BEING

e Channelling Doctor Channelling System 

e Channelling PLC

A total IT solution to support the doctor channelling service of hospitals and deliver convenience to its customers.

ScioCardio System

SYNERGEN Technology Labs (Pvt) Ltd

An energy efficient, battery powered wearable ECG transmitter which is capable of continuously capturing a body surface ECG from the patient, storing and transmitting the data to a system wirelessly.

LEARNING & EDUCATION

IgniterSpace

IgniterSpace Pvt Ltd

A Makerspace for children with a mission to foster innovation & creativity which focuses more on the passion, skills and learnability aspects of education.

Magicblocks.io - Hardware and Cloud Platform

A & T Labs (PVT) LTD

A cloud connected microcontroller platform for learning, design & development of IOT & robotics based applications. 

Grade 5

Crowderia (Pvt) Ltd

An educational platform primarily designed and developed for students preparing for the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination with model exam papers, lessons and online preparation exams.

ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY

ATmosphere

A & T Labs (PVT) LTD

A low-cost weather station which sends live weather updates to Magicblocks IoT Platform and using Magicblocks it can be configured to re-route the data to a specific website or to generate SMS to perform specific tasks.

Yathra

L K Simulations (Pvt) Ltd & Pelagikos (Pvt) Ltd

GPS enable mobile-based electronic data book which automatically gathers all the vessel route details and the catch details.

CULTURE & TOURISM

Ayubo.lk

Ayubo Leisure Pvt Ltd 

A web-based booking portal that enables dynamic management of all travel sector services including accommodation, activities and transport. It uses a “shopping cart” concept to enable travellers to customize their trip the way they would like.

SMART SETTLEMENT & URBANIZATION 

chargeNET 

chargeNET (Pvt) Limited

As Sri Lanka’s first smart Electric Vehicle (EV) charging solution, is powered by IoT technology for a fully automated network operation.

ParkMeApp

Ceffectz (Pvt) Ltd

A mobile App to find the best and the most suitable nearest and safest parking spot. Users can easily customize their parking needs with ParkMeApp filters and find the most appropriate parking spot.

BUSINESS & COMMERCE

Good Market

Good Market

A platform for people who are creating a better world. It includes non-profits that are trying to become self-financing, self-identified social enterprises and responsible businesses that are trying to expand their social and environmental impact.

Xpressjobs.lk

Xpressjobs.lk (Pvt) Ltd

A platform that bridges the gap between the jobseekers and the employers. It offers a filtering system and reduces the hassle of shortlisting large number of applications. The recruits were provided with a minimal number of targeted applicants for review.

INCLUSION & EMPOWERMENT

Govi Mithuru

Dialog Axiata PLC with Department 

    of Agriculture

A platform for delivering content and developing the agriculture sector by simply dialing 616 from any Dialog mobile phone for just Rs. 1 a day and listen to voice recordings that provide customized advice on land preparation, cultivation, harvesting and post-harvest activity.

Gudppl

GUD P P L (PVT) LTD

New social network, with a passion to make a positive meaningful impact at home and around the world through volunteerism. This network connects people of all ages, skill sets and interests who want to volunteer with those who need volunteers.

Orasi 2.0 World

Team Hermes, Informatics Institute of Technology

User-friendly mobile device designed and developed for the visually impaired to access non-Braille content that they come across during their day to day lives without having to convert them into Braille.

DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT

Kotiyak Vatina Adahasak

Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd with Sirasa TV

Sri Lanka’s first ever tech innovation and entrepreneurship based reality television show. Contestants compete against each other in the process of transforming their innovative ideas into viable products/services and potentially into successful business startups where these contestants commence their entrepreneurship journey. 

Kanchayudha

Arimac Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

Sri Lanka’s first ever 3D video action game. The player can explore, solve puzzles, sneak or fight hand in hand in order to reveal the stories of his past as well as the upcoming challenges.