The second edition of the coveted India Digital Awards that were held at India Habitat Centre concluded today. The awards were organised by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), a not-for-profit industry body registered under the Societies Act 1896 with mandate to expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors. The comprehensive Awards under different categories felicitated the achievement and efforts of all those individuals and companies who have contributed towards the development and enhancement of online and mobile value added services in India.

During the event, the award for ‘Best Mobile Governance’ went to Sahara Next; ‘Best Digital start-up company or services’ went to Lukup Media Pvt. Ltd.; ‘Best use of mobile for social and economic development’ went to Basix Sub-K iTransactions Ltd.; ‘Best Internet entrepreneur of the year’ went to Mr. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal; ‘Best Internet professional of the year’ went to Mr. Shailesh Rao; ‘Best local Language website’ went to Malayalam Manorma; ‘Best news content website’ was Ibnlive.com; ‘Best travel website’ was Yatra.com and ‘Best mobile Game’ went to Spice Digital Ltd.

The 2nd edition of the India Digital Awards had 6 main categories and a total of 33 sub-categories. The nominees and winners of the awards were selected by members of the Jury from the best work entered through the call for entries. The awardees of this coveted trophy were selected through an extensive 2 tier selection process. In the first round, jury members independently inspected each entry and rate them based on their respective judging criteria. Each entry got evaluated by more than 1 jury member. Entries that got rated best through this process were selected as nominee for the respective category and were further evaluated by the Grand Jury. In the second round, the entries selected in Round 1 Jury were evaluated by Grand Jury which determined the winner of each category.