Minister P.P Choudhary gives away One Globe Awards 2017 for contributions in building a knowledge economy in India

February 11, 2017

ISROwins Award for R&D; Maharashtra for Smart State

Other winners include Nagpur Municipal Corporation for Smart City; Power Finance Corporation for mobile innovation; Tech Mahindra for digital economy, Shalabh Kumar for excellence in entrepreneurship; and, Uttar Pradesh Police Mahila Samman Prakoshth for social empowerment

New Delhi, Feb 11, 2017: Union Minister of State for Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology, Shri P.P Choudhary gave away the One Globe Awards at the sixth annual edition of One Globe Forum being held in the capital. The awards recognize and honor individuals as well as domestic and international companies for their contributions in building a 21^st century knowledge economy through their initiatives in digital economy, R&D, smart cities, entrepreneurship, mobile innovation and social empowerment. The Forum was inauguratedby Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, in the presence of Lord Raj Loomba, Founder and Chairman Trustee, The Loomba Foundation; Dr. Mukesh Aghi, President, U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC); Mr. Shalabh Kumar, Founder and President, Republican Hindu Coalition; Mr. Dalbir Singh, Senior Advisor, Forum of Federations Canada and Mr. Harjiv Singh, Convenor, One Globe Forum.

ISRO won theAward for excellence inresearch and development. The Award for enabling aSmart State was won by Maharashtra, whileNagpur Municipal Corporation won the Award for Smart Cities. The Award for Enabling a Digital Economy was won byTech Mahindra. Power Finance Corporation won the Award for Mobile Innovation. Shalabh Kumar, Chicago-based American-Indian industrialist and philanthropist was conferred the Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. TheAward for Social Empowerment was bagged byUttar Pradesh Police Mahila Samman Prakoshth.

Congratulating the winners, Harjiv Singh, Convenor of the One Globe Forum and Founder & CEO of Salwan Media Ventures,said,“In order to transform India into a 21^st century knowledge economy, we must strengthen the basic pillars of digital economy, R&D, smart cities, entrepreneurship, mobile innovation and social empowerment – elements that will define India’s growth story. One Globe Awards recognize excellence in these areas and aim to be the most influential assessment in building knowledge economies globally. I congratulate all the winners for their invaluable contribution in accelerating India’s journey on the path to transformation.”

Other eminentspeakers at the two-day Forum included Israel’s Ambassador to India, H.E. Daniel Carmon; former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Shri Manish Tewari; NITI Aayog CEO Shri Amitabh Kant; Secretary of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and former NHAI Chairman ShriRaghav Chandra; Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Shri CK Mishra; Joint Secretary of Ministry of Food Processing ShriParag Gupta; GM of Hitachi India, Masayoshi Tamura; President, Cisco Systems, India & SAARC, Dinesh Malkani; Minister – Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, Patrick Santillo; Former President and Chairman of NASSCOM, Som Mittal; and other top experts from Healthfore Technologies, uTrade Solutions, Anthill Ventures, mydala , DMD Advocates, IAN Incubator, Asian Century Communications, Eight Capital LLC, Turian Labs, iCharity, Fortis Healthcare, Evaldesign, Head Growth Factories, News Corp, Clifford Chance, Cambridge Technologies, Zen Technologies, MSDF, Carnegie India, Livable Habitats, Global Education and Leadership Foundation and My Ivy Ally. The Forum is produced by Salwan Media Ventures in partnership with Cisco, Knowledge@Wharton and USIBC. World Is One News (WION) is the global channel partner while VCCircle and India Briefing are among the other media partners. Braingain Magazine is the education partner. The Forum is also supported by Kodak, ANZIBA, Swedish Chamber of Commerce, European Business Group (EBG) and ISAP.

About One Globe Forum

The annual One Globe Forum brings together global thought leaders to discuss how we can build a 21st century knowledge economy in India and South Asia. It is India's leading Forum exploring the intersection of technology, innovation, smart cities, skills, regional collaboration and education and their role in building a 21st century knowledge economy. Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. For a full list of speakers, updated agenda and to register, please visit: http://www.oneglobeforum.com/

About Salwan Media Ventures

Founded in 2004, Salwan Media Ventures owns a portfolio of businesses in education, consumer and business information. Our mission is to connect, inform, and empower our audiences to succeed in a globalized world powered by knowledge. Headquartered in New Delhi, Salwan Media Ventures also has offices in New York and London. Salwan Media Ventures produces the annual One Globe conference.