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Top 5 Finalists of ICT Awards Announced

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Top 5 Finalists of ICT Awards Announced
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July 25: The third edition of ICT Awards 2018 has selected top five contestants in the category of product and start-up after a series of selection process. The organiser said that the selection committee decided on five nominees each in two different categories.

In the start-up category, CellApp Innovation, ekGhanti Services, Nepali Paisa Media Pvt Ltd, People Development Lab Pvt Ltd and Sarathi Pvt Ltd have successfully secured their position in the top five. According to jury coordinator Hempal Shrestha, Isolution life, Sarathi, Smartpalika, Thirdworld Nepal and Udhyami Nepal have made it to the top five list in the products category.

The nomination was open from June 15 to July 3 for seven different categories and there were a hundred plus nominations, the organiser said in a statement. Event coordinator Tushar Neupaney said, “We had 27 nominations for start-up company award, 25 nominations for best product award. After three phases of selection, only top five remain in the competition.” 

For the third phase of selection, the participants went through “Presentation and Speed Dating” session on July 21. At the end of the event, 10 jury members selected the top five companies out of 12 by voting on marking criteria that was available to the jury and the participants beforehand.

The top five finalist have to compete in online and SMS voting starting from Wednesday, July 25. Online voting will be open for ten days till August 3.

The event will be held on August 17 at the Hotel Radisson. In the event, the best companies in all seven categories will be awarded.

“We will try to find investments for the deserving candidates of the ICT Awards,” jury member Sushil Pokharel from Sushmit Investment informed the press. Advisor to the awards function, ex-minister Ganesh Sah told the press that this award is crucial for the development of information technology.

How to vote online and through SMS?

Top five candidates for startup and product can vote online and through SMS. To vote online, they have to visit www.ictaward.org/vote. To vote through SMS one has to type ICT<Company/ProductCode>. Voting closes on August 3. More information on voting is available at the organiser’s website (www.ictaward.org) and Facebook page.

Selection process of other 5 categories

ICT Award 2018 has a total of seven categories. Apart from startup and product, the organizers are still selecting the finalists for other five categories. The jury is going through the information from available nominations for Pioneer, Diaspora, Entrepreneur, Digital Governance and Media Award categories. There are more than 60 nominations in these five category.

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