MobME an Indian mobile 2.0 startup providing a platform for enabling picture sharing from camera phone to a social network and Sloka Telcom, a inexpensive and compact base stations for fixed and mobile WIMAX and 3G LTE providers have announced to get awards of NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2008 under startups category. For those new to NASSCOM, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry.

From the 24 companies shortlisted, 8 winners will be recognized and felicitated for their outstanding contribution to the Indian IT sector at the forthcoming NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009, scheduled in Mumbai from 11-13 February 2009.  The winners were selected after a culminating process of 3 stage held at roadshows at Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Pune, though I feel pretty few cities are chosen for such event.

The NASSCOM Innovation Awards serves as a platform for companies to showcase their innovation and to encourage innovative practices across the IT-ITES industry. These awards have been used as a yardstick by several Venture Capital and Private Equity firms when exploring investment opportunities

In other category of ‘Business Innovation’ IndiaGames.com has been announced as one of a winner as to showcasing their online gaming evangelization process in India. The other winner in same category is Aegis awarded for its Five 9s Process – a scientific process to facilitate a smooth integration of an acquired company.

Via – NASSCOM Emerge Blog