News and Events

  • Sep '11:
  • Training camp in Orissa prepares new users of CGNet Swara (press coverage, pictures).
  • Jun '11:
  • Week-long training camp in Delhi prepares 34 from around the country as reporters and moderators on CGNet Swara.
  • Jun '11:
  • CGNet Swara selected to participate in Indian Angel Network startup boot camp.
  • Jun '11:
  • Shubhranshu Choudhary interviewed at National University of Singapore (video).
  • Apr '11:
  • Bill Thies presents CGNet Swara at CTED Annual Conference, NYU Abu-Dhabi (slides).
  • Jan '11:
  • CGNet Swara selected as a finalist in the 2011 Knight News Challenge (details).
  • Jan '11:
  • A story on CGNet Swara (part 1, part 2) leads to coverage by the BBC, the Times of India, and the Hindu, and eventually leads to payment of overdue NREGA wages.
  • Nov '10:
  • BBC Hindi edition publishes a feature on CGNet Swara.
  • Oct '10:
  • CGNet Swara receives eGov 2.0 Award (announcement).
  • Aug '10:
  • Anoop Saha presents CGNet Swara at the Connecting the Next Billion Conference.
  • Jul '10:
  • CGNet Swara receives mBillionth Award (announcement).
  • May '10:
  • CGNet Swara profiled by BBC News and over a dozen media outlets within India.
  • Feb '10:
  • CGNet Swara launched via 2-day training camp with 30 local citizen journalists in Chhattisgarh, India (press release).