National Institute of Open
Schooling (NIOS) has been selected as the winner of the 9th Manthan
Award - South Asia & Asia Pacific 2012 instituted by
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in partnership with World
Summit Award, Department of Information Technology, Govt. of
India.
Hon'ble Minister of Communications
and Information Technology Shri Kapil Sibal
felicitated the winners. Hon'ble Ministers of State for
Communications and Information Technology Shri Milind
Deora and Dr. (Smt) Kruparani Killi were
present on the award presentation ceremony on 10th December 2012 at
Dr. D.S Kothari Auditorium, DRDO Bhawan, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi.
The NIOS was selected for its outstanding work for the e-Governance
initiative through web. The award was received by Dr. S S Jena,
Chairman, NIOS along with his team.