Following the successful launch of the Sri Lankans’ very first national best e-content award, e- Swabhimani 2009, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka has decided to make it an annual event. By recognizing innovative creations in interactive, user friendly digital content and services we expect to foster a greater interest in developing ICT applications that would effectively serve the needs of the people.
e-Swabhimani is run along the lines of the World Summit Awards, WSA which is a global initiative to select the world’s best e-content and innovative ICT applications and operates within the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The WSA is held every 2 years with the next contest being in 2011. ICTA as the eminent national expert in Sri Lanka for the WSA has been mandated with the task of selecting the best national products for submission to the WSA 2011. As such e-Swabhimani 2010 will have an added significance in that it will serve as a fore runner to the WSA 2011.
Applications was called from 11 categories of e-Business & Commerce, e-Culture & Entertainment, e-Learning & Education, e-Enterprise & Livelihood, e-Science & Environment, e-Governance, e-Health, e-Inclusion, e-Localisation, e-News and m-Content. The Award Process would involve a Grand Jury moderated by a director of the WSA held over 2 days in September followed by the Gala Award Event was held in the 9th of November 2010. Some of winners proved their capacity to contribute for the knowledge Society and to the Knowledge Hub in Asia.
Sampath WishwaSampath Vishwa Corporate – Trade Service (SVCTS) is the latest innovation of the Sampath Bank to further facilitate trade finance services to its customers while aligning itself with the green movement of Sri Lanka. SVCTS allows customers to completely manage their Documentary Credits online in real time, view online information on all import/export related transactions. This facility will enable the importer to carry out his transactions without sighting the bank, whilst enjoying the convenience and comforts of his own office or home. Not only will it save valuable time enabling him to devote it to more productive work it would make his life that much easier. The system has been developed using Java, Oracle and AIX.
MTicketing The MTicketing system has potential to convert the whole Sri Lanka Railways ticket reservation system to an online, mobile enabled platform. The key objective of the project is to facilitate train passengers to purchase tickets over the mobile phone and to optimize issuance of train tickets
A Day in a life of the Jetavana Monastery –Anuradhapura As the Sri Lankan kings after the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa periods of Sri Lankan history moved their capitals south to hold off Indian invaders, they abandoned the great architectural works of that time to looters and forests. Rediscovered in the 19th century, partially restored in the 20th, all that is left of these testaments to the accomplishments of ancestors are foundations, making it difficult to imagine what this civilisation would have looked like at its prime.In order to help bring our history alive, ADV Consultants has created a 3D visualisation of the Jethavanarama Monastery complex – over 100 buildings strong - at the apex of its influence. This visualisation is not only a surface recreation but a recreation of the building techniques, technologies and materials that were used at the time.
ABAABA is a game based on the story of Prince Pandukabhaya who lived in Sri Lanka 2400 years ago. It centres around a series of events that took place at the time in the Panduvasadeva Palace in the City of Upatissa and in the surrounding jungle. Information and data for this story come from archeological sources, folklore and legends, in the main from the writings of the Mahawanshaya.
Navagoviya“NavaGoviya” which means “Modern Farmer”, is an initiative which provides a web based learning platform on sustainable modern agricultural techniques and practices delivered in Sinhala & Tamil Language aimed at developing rural farming communities and adding value to the Nenasalas (Rural telecentres) as focal points for Modern Agricultural Digital Knowledge.
Letters IslandLetters Island is an interactive e-Education System which prompts the student to search hidden letters in an Island. The student navigates through virtual reality rooms, behind plants and rocks in search for the letters. When a letter is found, success is recognized by the appearance of a picture of a well known object beginning with the particular letter. The product is available in Sinhala language.
Curriculum Master-Mastering the Grade 6This Computer Based Training (CBT) series of CDs for Grade 6 is a single user version system. The software has been created essentially to facilitate self study. The content addresses the Grade 6 syllabus in Mathematics, Sinhala, History, Tamil and Science in a way that makes learning fun. The content is supplemented with activities and self testing.
Janathakshan – Practical Answerswww.janathakshan.com is a unique web portal designed in all 3 languages; many people have contributed their valuable time on updating practical questions and answers, a one of a kind website for Sri Lankans. The content is rich in areas of livelihood, fisheries, farming and urban development Viewers can sign up for the news letter sans a registration fee, become a member of the various e- groups and get involved in the discussion forum. The motivation for this project is service and social responsibilitiy.
e – Farmse-Farms provides web-based e-learning content in Sinhala and Tamil on adding value to primary produce, post-harvest treatment, industry standards, good manufacturing practices and statutory requirements. The content is available as text based technical notes, illustrations, multimedia and video clips which explain the process very succinctly. A web based database of farmers and purchasing companies helps bring these two groups into contact. The database is linked to an SMS gateway enabling direct updates of buyer requirements and produce available with the farmer. Technical support to the grassroots is facilitated through video conferencing with the ITI. The project addresses traditional village based agriculture products - Kitul, Rice, Jak, Fruits & Vegetables, but can be extended to cover other village level produce
NinithiNinithi is a modeling software using Java and Java3D as the main technologies for this purpose on a FOSS platform employing generalized equations and algorithms for carbon allotropes. Band structure calculations are made using quantum mechanics and shown to be correct. Ninithi possesses a graphical user interface which provides good interactivity for users. The 3-D environment on the interface provides the functionalities to drag, rotate and zoom nanostructures. Interactive tools which permit the change of colours and sizes of atoms and bonds allow users to customize visualizations and backgrounds. Visual tools are also provided with the graph plots.
e - Revenue License ProjectThe annual renewal of the vehicle revenue license is a requirement for every vehicle owner in Sri Lanka. This has to be done at the Divisional Secretariat (DS) at which the vehicle was originally registered. The process can take half a day to a day, depending on the traffic, distance involved and availability of parking. The e-Revenue License project which automates this task was the first transactional e-service to be available as a portlet on the LankaGate country portal (www.srilanka.lk).
Birth, Marrage, Death Certificates Digitization ProjectThe process for the issuance of essential certificate for citizens such as Birth, Marriage and Death certificates, has been fraught with delays due to the difficulties associated with physically handing and maintaining large file repositories. The staff had to manually go through millions of copies – a manual work flow process which included a manual approval. Moreover, the citizen had to visit a specific Divisional Secretariat, the grassroots level public institute, whose responsibility it is amongst other things to store and manage registration of birth, marriage or death. Therefore, the general public faced numerous difficulties and delays in obtaining copies of those certificates with a minimum of 5-10 working days for certificate issuance. Moreover various types of malpractices and corruption by the office staff have also been reported. Though this project Citizens realize the huge potential of ICT as a tool which can support Government in delivering their daily requirements and would turn to using e-Government services more frequently
SL National Thalassaemia e-Registry The Thelassaemia e-Registry addresses the issues of individual patient management, resource management, costing and surveillance of the burden of the disease. Apart from these aspects, it provides information for the general public, media and patients on the preventive measures including Thalassaemia screening process and disease management tips.
WedanenasalaWedananasala is very timely given that there is a dearth of local language content, especially in subject areas such as health and medicine. Wedananasala targets the general public and fills the void in local language digital content in this specialized domain. Importantly the accuracy of the articles is ensured by the staff of the Department of Anatomy and Human Genetics Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
Nivārana Nivārana is a communicable disease surveillance and analysis system focused on swift data collection, efficient data processing and rapid information dissemination in order to control and prevent the spread of disease. While other electronic disease surveillance initiatives and systems focus on data collection and analysis, it is believed that swift information dissemination also plays a significant role in responding to disease outbreaks. The system is designed based on the object oriented methodology and implemented based on java technologies and uses free and open source software libraries and tools. The system is designed with minimum implementation and recurrent costs critical for developing countries like Sri Lanka. As the name suggests Nivārana is conceptualized with the saying “Prevention is better than cure” and will no doubt is a lifesaver for many innocent people.
Tamil text-to-Braille ConverterThe product converts Tamil text to Braille and vice versa. It therefore enables any Tamil language digital text to be converted to Tamil Braille, stored and printed using a Braille embosser and also it’s reverse.
Subasa Subasa is new product servicing the users of Sinhala language word processing. It provides a variety of web services such as a Sinhala Language spell checker, an online Sinhala Unicode keyboard, a pop-up English to Sinhala dictionary, an encoding conversion utilities which can be used to convert ASCII encoding text into Unicode, and the electronic versions of some ancient Sinhala text for researchers. All of these services are freely accessible to everyone.
SiyabasScriptSiyaBasScript is a plugin extension to Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. It allows the end user to view the content of any Sinhala web site without having to install non-unicode third party fonts. Web sites which have content that contain non Unicode texts and maps can now be viewed with these web browsers running on any operating system without the hassle of installing fonts or expensive proprietary software.
Tri -Lingual Web based SL Mapwww.ceylonmap.com is an interactive and comprehensive tri-lingual internet mapping system of its kind accessible FREE to the public. It aims to provide an easy directional guide to specific locations, sites of interest and tourist attractions by combining the online the facilities of a road map, bus routes, and rail lines. It helps you to know more about Sri Lanka, its provinces, municipalities, districts, villages, streets, residential & commercial buildings, government agencies, major business establishments and prominent landmarks and a lot more.
SALA ProSat GPS NavigatorSALA Pro Sat is a GPS Navigation system with voice guidance for use on the local road network. The system comes inbuilt with English Language and several foreign languages but has been developed to give guidance in Sinhala Language as well. Once the desired location, in any part of Sri Lanka, is keyed into the system it will guide you through the most efficient route. It also includes 100,000 points of interest (POI) inclusive of hotels, fuel stations, ATM Machine locations and places of historical interest. This system will also be of value to the tourist seeking to tour the Country by road.
Ada DeranaBeing a 24x7 comprehensive trilingual news website – www.adaderana.lk with multiple channels of dissemination - television, radio and SMS news alerts, Ada Derana could bring a new dimension to Sri Lanka’s news industry. Accurate and instant reporting is combined with a user friendly and interactive web interface. The layout of the content - of news, entertainment and other current affairs is very user-friendly.
CheerurTeam.comSchools are not solely academic institutions in today’s context, but rather organizations that provide a platform for building leadership qualities, inculcating social values and building personality through multidisciplinary activities. School Sports, have carved itself a special niche among those who closely follow the trials and tribulations of their school, even after they leave school. They scout the papers for news of the performance of their school on and off the field, benchmarking their respective schools and taking great pride in its achievements. However, school sports news does not always reach the main stream news. There is certainly an information void when it comes to school level sports activities
Yaaldevi blog AggregatorYaaldevi is a blog aggregator with around 500 Tamil bloggers from all over the world & it facilitates publishing articles from registered users. Yaaldevi become a unique platform for Tamil news and it has developed into a middleware for Tamil content creators. Yaaldevi allows user to interact with the system providing web 2.0 tools like social networking, rating, commenting, voting & emailing. The SMS feature in the portal permits users to share the article among friends with SMS alerts while providing a mobi-platform for mobile users enabled with a Unicode converter for opera mini browser.
SL GovSMS Portal :” SMS to 1919”
Sri Lanka GovSMS Portal is a solution implemented by Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) to the Government of Sri Lanka to deliver its citizen services via SMS. The project started in July 2009, completed its first phase in November 2009 and launched by HE the President on December 2nd 2009. Currently it offers three services from three different government organizations; Railway time table and Train delay information, Crop prices in popular market places, and Weather information. The solution is built in a highly scalable manner where it can be easily scaled to handle any SMS base service offered by any government organization without them having to incur any cost for utilization of this platform.
MobiEnglish01This is a J2ME English learning app designed to run on Java enabled mobile phones, which has made the learning of English fun. It introduces novel concepts in data input and is user friendly. It uses “Singlish”, Sinhala words transliterated to English so that the users are comfortable with the learning process. The user is required to translate simple sentences given in “Singlish” to English by keying in numbers 1,2,3 and 4 each of which is assigned to a part of the sentence. In order to construct the sentence in English the user simply has to press these keys in the correct order. This innovative data input method contributes to the ease of use.
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