A Mobile Application contest was launched under the Reliance Developer Programme of Reliance Communications in association with NASSCOM between October 2003 and January 2004. The aim was to provide a unique platform to the developer community in India to innovate, ideate, showcase and participate in developing path-breaking and marketable applications. Entries were invited under two categories: Mobile Applications and Application ideas.

The contest closed on 31st January 2004 and the response was overwhelming. Thousands of valid entries for the application ideas were received as well as an enthusiastic number of fully working applications for the Application contest. The jury comprising seasoned professionals from NASSCOM, industry and academia evaluated entries on set criteria stipulated for Mobile Applications and Application Ideas and decided the winners.

Judging criteria

The Judging criteria used were:

For mobile application

Applicability / Relevance of application (30%)

Complexity of application (15%)

Design of application (15%)

Application Overview / quality of documentation (10%)

Functionality of application (30%)

For mobile applications ideas

Applicability / Relevance (50%)

Innovativeness / Uniqueness (50%)

Judges' panel

An independent panel of Judges comprising of seasoned professionals from recognized institutions and organizations judged the entries and finalized the winners in both categories.

The Jury comprised:

Mr. Christian Ligier, Client Executive, Sun Microsystems, France SA

Mr. Datta Subrahmanya, Head of Telecom Business - HP Global Delivery India Centre

Mr. Kapil Sood, Director - Telecom vertical, Sun Microsystems India Pvt. Ltd

Prof. Prabhat Ranjan - Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute for Information and       Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar

Mr. Rajiv Vaishnav - Regional Director, West, NASSCOM