MEMORIES

 Year 2013

AppsForAsia is a new initiative created by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Microsoft, and is supported by regional information technology (IT) associations, private sector technology partners and universities. The programme aims to harness the creative power of hundreds of software developer teams to create sustainable solutions for the economic, commercial and social benefit of governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), citizens and enterprises throughout Asia.

In this post, we are pleased to present the winning AppsForAsia entries from India.

Application development is taking off rapidly in India and reflects the power of technology to drive the momentum of social and economic developments across the country. Four software developer teams from India recently showcased their app ideas — Jeevan Pani, Help-Me, TOTS, and PathFinder — at the 46th Annual Meeting of the ADB, held on 2-5 May in New Delhi.

Water scarcity is an increasingly critical challenge in India. To help address the issue of potential water shortage, Winjit Technologies developed the Jeevan Pani app to help drive awareness and encourage water conservation in Maharashtra state.

The Jeevan Pani app is available in both English and the regional Marathi language to enable users to access useful information about water usage as well as relevant statistics, such as the average daily water consumption rates in their city. The app also helps users to calculate their average water consumption and compare usage rates to recommended levels specified by government authorities.

Leveraging social networking platforms, the Jeevan Pani app allows users to consistently track and report how much water they consume and earn ‘credit points’ for their efforts to conserve water — instances of water wastage can also be documented, via images saved on the Windows AzureTM cloud platform, to encourage more people in India to maximize water efficiency.

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Jeevan Pani offers a solution for water problems across the globe. Created by Abhijit Junagade, Sanket Khandare and Jagdish Chopde of Nasik-based Winjit Technologies Pvt. Ltd, it enables users to alert authorities about water wastage and also understand better the importance of using this increasingly precious commodity better. The app can show you your daily usage of water and analyze where you are wasting it. The app will go live in the coming weeks and the first to use it will be the Nasik Municipal Corporation.