The Stockholm Challenge Award winners were announced on Thursday, May 22 at a Gala dinner held in Stockholm. The winners were selected from among 2,000 registration, from whom among 145 finalists were selected. Of those, seven projects received prizes as winners of their categories and nine additional projects received special mentions for excellence in the use of ICT.

The first prize for the category we were nominated for, Public Administration, went to Jen Seva Kendra , an e-governance initiative of the government of Gujarat, India. AirJaldi was one of two projects in this group to be honored with a special mention for excllence in the use of ICT. We are proud of this achievement, which serves as an affirmation of our work and efforts to bring connectivity to rural areas. We would also like to congratulate all the Stockholm Challenge Award Winners and projects receiving special mention for the year 2008.