NASSCOM Foundation, in collaboration with Mphasis, announced the winners of the tenth edition of the Nasscom Social Innovation Forum, a platform that fosters use of technology to create social impact.

Hyderabad: Technology use can give solutions to real life problems. Select startups have proved that at the WCIT. For instance, Pi Jam Foundation is working on a low cost pocket sized computer for students. Another organisation, Saajha, is enabling parental and community participation in schools to improve learning in government schools.

Empathy Design Labs is working on a IoT based wearable patch for pregnant mothers to screen and monitor pregnancy.The non-invasive patch’s, which will gather data through an app, is now seeing pilots happening.

NASSCOM Foundation, in collaboration with Mphasis, announced the winners of the tenth edition of the Nasscom Social Innovation Forum, a platform that fosters use of technology to create social impact.NSIF received over 1900 applications this year. Winners were chosen in education, accessibility, healthcare, financial inclusion, environment and other areas. Winners gto the awards from IT Minister KT Ramarao.

“NSIF has been the corner stone of Tech4Good in India. It has seen ideas take shape into industries, people change to adapt to new technologies, and technologies create impact to change economies,” said Shrikant Sinha, CEO, Nasscom Foundation.

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