Three Projects of C-DAC Kolkata have received the finalists award certificates at the North East Social Impact (NESI) Award Summit 2015 for Social Innovations for Social Impact in North East, held at NEDFI House, Dispur, Guwahati on August 28, 2015. Three projects have been reviewed and screened by the screening committee for participation and presentation at the NESI Summit as Finalist. All the three projects have been presented at the Award Summit by Shri Goutam Kumar Saha, Scientist-E & Chief Investigator of the following three projects.

Project-1: Centralized e-Auction System for North Eastern States (Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland) - Ongoing
Category: Technology for Development.

Team Members: Shri Goutam Kumar Saha (ScE & CI), Shri Debdulal Basak (Co-CI), Shri Manas Chakraborty, Shri Raja Gupta, Shri Sandeep Kumar, Shri Manish Saha, Shri Krishna Das, Shri Sandeep Sen, Shri Niladri Sekhar Saha, Shri Samaresh Das, Smt. Shimantika Shah, Ms Shampa De (Software Technology Group, C-DAC Kolkata).

Project-2: Deployment of Health Care Knowledge System in the North-East States for Promoting Public Health Awareness & Education - Completed
Category: Health.

Project-3: IT based Computer Aided Design (CAD) Centre for Creative Design & Development by Artisans/ Weavers of Tripura, Assam & Arunachal Pradesh - Completed
Category: Livelihood Skill Development.