Company
Press Release:
NANO
GANESH NAMED WINNER IN NOKIA’s GLOBAL CALLING ALL INNOVATORS COMPETITION
Ossian Agro
Automation’s Nano Ganesh Wins USD 25,000 Prize in Contest for
Mobile Applications to Help Improve Life on the Planet
New Delhi, February 18, 2009 – Ossian
Agro Automation’s Nano Ganesh
application has been selected by Nokia as a Grand Prize winner in the Emerging
Markets category in the global Calling All Innovators contest for mobile
applications and solutions to help improve the quality of life on the planet.
Ossian Agro’s
founder, Santosh Ostwal,
joined 10 other developers worldwide who were honored in Barcelona, Spain, in
the Forum Nokia Calling All Innovators Award Ceremony during the annual GSMA
Mobile World Congress. The winners were selected from among nearly 1,000
developers who competed in three categories with mobile applications designed
to contribute toward building a better world.
The Nano
Ganesh application allows farmers in India to
establish remote contact with distant, modem-equipped electric irrigation
pumps, to check on power supply and pump operation without the need to travel
long distances.
As the Grand Prize winner in the Emerging
Markets, Ossian Agro Automation received a cash award from Nokia of USD 25,000
and will receive help in distributing their mobile applications to consumers
worldwide.
“Nokia is pleased to recognize Ossian Agro’s Santosh Ostwal as a real innovator in mobile development, having
answered our global challenge for truly outstanding applications designed to
help make the world a better place to live,” said Rob Taylor, Director of Forum
Nokia. “We’re excited to be able to help put these remarkable mobile
applications and services in front of consumer and business users through our
Calling All Innovators competition.”
Nano Ganesh,
provides a service that truly makes a difference in the lives of farmers in
India today. Frequent power cuts pose regular challenges to farmers in rural
regions. Often farmers find it difficult to get enough power to irrigate the land
for seasonal crops. Santosh Ostwal
developed Nano Ganesh to
help farmers remotely start their water pumps any time – day or night. It also
helps to check if there is a sufficient power supply to run the pumps.
During the first round of the contest, the
Calling All Innovators website received more than 250,000 unique visitors and
more than 12,000 developers from around the world registered with Forum Nokia,
the world’s largest mobile developer community.
More information about Forum Nokia’s Calling
All Innovators competition can be found online at:
www.callingallinnovators.com.
About Forum Nokia
Nokia's
global developer program, Forum Nokia connects developers to tools, technical
information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and
market applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, India,
Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business
development support to developers and operators to assist them in achieving
their goal of successfully launching applications and services to consumers and
enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
About Ossian Agro Automation
Ossian
Agro Automation is a 12 year old company engaged in manufacturing of remote
control systems for various sectors. Promoted by Santosh
Ostwal , the company has developed varied
remote control systems for different needs including systems for farmers, grama panchayats,
industries and water supply schemes, to name a few. The key success of Ossian
Remote Controllers lies in their excellent performance in hazardous conditions
as well as stringent industrial application. Ossian presents an extremely
intelligent technology suiting the Indian operating environment. The
company’s motto is to save water, electricity, unwanted labour, time and fuel by use of this innovative technology.
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