New Delhi, 1 May 2014
In May 2014, this website (www.rethink1000days.org) won two awards - Creative ABBY and Campaign India Digital Crest awards respectively. ABBY Awards "are the Oscars of Indian ad awards to honour creative excellence in advertising," and are considered one of the biggest and most prestigious advertising award events in the country. The prestigious Campaign India Digital Crest Award celebrates "excellence in the most engaging, creative and effective campaigns across digital media".
Read moreWashington DC, 1 December 2013
In December 2013, the Ananya Programme won the 'mHealth Alliance Collaboration Award' at the mHealth Summit in Washington DC. The mHealth Alliance is an organization dedicated to promoting the use of mobile technologies for improving health in developing countries.
Read moreNew Delhi, 1 November 2013
In November 2013, Mobile Academy was chosen for the inaugural Nominet Trust 100 – “a list of 100 inspiring digital projects tackling the world’s most pressing social issues”. The Financial Times hailed the list as “100 groundbreaking applications of digital technology”.
Read moreNew Delhi, 1 November 2013
In November 2013, BBC Media Action received the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) Laadli National Creative Excellence Awards for Social Change. According to the UNFPA, these awards "encourage work that helps remove gender bias in Indian society, as exhibited in pre-natal sex selection".
Read moreNew Delhi, 1 July 2013
In July 2013, two of BBC Media Action's mHealth services – Mobile Academy and Mobile Kunji – were recognized as empowering, innovative initiatives during the mBillionth Mobile South Asia Conference. They won the 'mBillionth Award' in the Mobile Empowerment for Women and Children category.
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