Online nomination starts for ICT Award 2020

The online nomination/application for the fifth edition of the ICT Award, a prestigious award in the information technology field in Nepal organised by Living with ICT, started from June 22 and will be open till July 31. The ICT award for this year has been delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis. The award ceremony, which is held on August 17 every year, will now be announced at a favourable time after the deadline for online application is over. This year, ICT Award will be organised in 11 different categories. The Innovation Driven Crisis Response ICT Award and the Woman Icon ICT Award categories have been added this year. Startup ICT Award, Product ICT Award, Rising Student ICT Award are the categories related to innovations and startups. Pioneer ICT Award, Nepali Diaspora ICT Award, ICT Entrepreneur Award and Media Person ICT Award are given to individuals. Digital Governance ICT Award and Digital Education ICT Award are given to government organisations. The ICT Award, which started in 2016, has so far honoured more than 30 individuals, organisations, companies and products in various categories. This year, there are 12 jury members and 10 more jury advisory members to make the selection process of the award systematic and easy. The selection process will take place in different stages. Online and SMS voting will also be conducted in certain categories. In order to nominate and apply for the award, visit the www.ictaward.org and select the relevant category and submit the online form. When submitting details in the form, the applicant must include any video content that reflects the profile of the nominee.