Award & Accolades

MIRA has already won a few awards and recognitions for its innovation in the ICT4D sector. They are as follows:

  • Winner of Millennium Alliance Award 2013:
    Millennium Alliance Award has been instituted by USAID, FICCI and Technology Development Board (Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India) in New Delhi. MIRA (Women Mobile Lifeline Channel) was awarded as the best Maternal & Child Health Project for 2013 in India from 1300 projects applied. 
    http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/us-and-india-announce-innovation-science-and-technology-awards 

  • Winner of Mobile for Good Award 2013:
    Mobile for Good Award has been instituted by Vodafone Foundation and DEF in New Delhi. MIRA (Women Mobile Lifeline Channel) was awarded as the best project in mHealth category for 2013 in India.
    http://www.mobileforgood.in/m4g-2013/winners-2013/

  • Recipient of Global Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship 2013-14:
    Global Social Entrepreneurship Program is an international program instituted by Yale School of Management in New Haven, USA. ZMQ was selected as one of the best 5 impactful Social Enterprises in India for its MIRA Channel.

  • MSBC: Call for Experiences, Case Studies and Practices 2014:
    MSBC (Mobile for Social & Behaviour Change) is an initiative of UNICEF India and DEF which identifies mobile-based solutions that are communicating with frontline workers, women and girls to resolve challenges around health, hygiene and women empowerment. MIRA got selected as an ideal case-study.