Awards Recognitions

Kanyashree Prakalpa has received national and international recognition for its design and features of good governance. Awards received:

  • West Bengal Chief Minister's Award for Empowerment of Girls, 2014
  • Manthan Award for Digital Inclusion for Development (South Asia and Asia Pacific) 2014 under the category E-Women and Empowerment.
  • National E-governance Award 2014 – 2015 awarded by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India.
  • Skoch Award and Order of Merit 2015 for Smart Governance.
  • CSI-Nihilent Award, 2014-15.
  • United Nations WSIS Prize 2016 Champion in e-Government Category (WSIS Action Line C7)
  • Finalist in GEM-Tech Awards 2016 organized by ITU and UN Women
  • 1st Place Winner in UNPSA Award 2017

The Scheme was appreciated as a good practice at:

  • The "Girls' Summit" organized by DFID and UNICEF (London, July 2014).
  • Consultation on "Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancies" organized Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Delhi, March 2015).
  • Consultation on "Empowerment of Adolescent Girls" organized by the World Bank (Ranchi, May 2015).
  • National Workshop on "Conditional Cash Transfers for Children: Experiences of States in India" organized by NITI Aayog, India (Delhi, December 2015).
  • Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Enclave organized by U. S. Consulate & Shakti Vahini (Siliguri, February 2016).