Do take a look at the award categories for the upcoming 2008 event. We would only be too happy if you could lend your support to this movement.
Would you like to be a part of the Indibloggies 2008 event? Please write to us with your proposal.
Our heartfelt thanks to all the Sponsors!
Sponsors are integral to the theme of Indibloggies. More than anything else, their involvement with the event signifies the ethos of the Internet in general and the blogdom in particular, the intent is of significance, not the value of the award.
Past Indibloggies events have seen fellow bloggers donate prizes, infact the debut event had no awards other than those coming from the blogdom itself. The theme of collaboration is so rampant in the event, and I am not referring to the bogus voting, that happens 
, the kind souls who donate their products know that this is not perhaps an apt platform for advertisement, yet they go for it. This is just incredible.
Do take a look at the award categories for the 2006 event. We would only be too happy if you could lend your support to this revolution.
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Sponsors are integral to the theme of Indibloggies. They enable us to reward the winners with token gifts. More than anything else, this signifies to me the ethos of the Internet in general and the blogdom in particular, the intent is the key not the value of the award. Past events have seen fellow bloggers donate prizes, infcat the debut event had no awards other than those coming from the blogdom itself. The theme of collaboration is so rampant in the event, and I am not referring to the bogus voting, that happens , even those who donate their commercial products know that this is not perhaps an apt platform for advertisement, yet they go for it. To me this sounds just incredible.
Following people have agreed to be associated with the Indibloggies 2005 event (additional sponsors and details would be appended as and when we get them)
DiFolders Software would be giving away one copy of BlogJet weblog client worth $39.95 each, to the winner of IndiBlog of the year, Best Photo Blog, IndiBlog lifetime achiever, Best Topical IndiBlog and Best New Indiblog respectively. BlogJet is a weblog client for Windows that allows you to manage your blog without opening a browser. Thanks Dmitry for pitching-in this year too 
Cory Doctorow would donate 2 copies of his new book: Someone Comes to Town, Someone leaves Town. Reviewers say magical realism and literary iconoclasm is abound in this novel and that should appeal to fans of experimental fiction in a near-future setting. 
Dilip D’Souza will give away a copy of the book “At Home in the World : Collected Writings from The Wall Street Journal” by Daniel Pearl to the best Topical Indiblog. Pearl was a reporter who loved the truth. His acceptance and tolerance of differences among people garnered him respect from his colleagues and a position as bureau chief of the South Asia division of the Wall Street Journal. Kidnapped and viciously murdered in February 2002 by Islamic extremists in Pakistan, Pearl gave his life for the values he held as a journalist and as a humanitarian. This book is a memorial to this courageous man.
Microsoft India would give away a copy of Windows Mobile based smartphone worth Rs.19000/- to the winner of Best Science/Technology IndiBlog. A Windows Mobile-based Smartphone integrates PDA-type functionality into a voice-centric handset comparable in size to today’s mobile phones. Windows Mobile-based Smartphones are designed for one-handed operation with keypad access to both voice and data features. They are optimized for voice and text communication and allow wireless access to Outlook information and encrypted browsing to corporate and Internet information and services. Thanks Deepak for making this possible for the consecutive year! 
Microsoft India would give away a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition worth $299 to the runner-up of the Best Science/Technology IndiBlog category. Visual Studio 2005 SE is a comprehensive, high productivity professional development environment for building high performance, multi-tier applications for Windows, Web, and common consumer mobile devices. Thanks Deepak.
Whizlabs, provider of IT certification exam preparation and skill assessment tools, would offer 3 copies of their Exam Simulators to top 3 winners in the Best Science/Technology IndiBlog awards category. The winners can enjoy the world’s first simulator with ISO 9001-2000 assurance. Whizlabs provides an unconditional test pass guarantee on all its offerings.
Seth Godin will give away three copies of his book “The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable” worth $19.95. Godin worked with thirty-two of the world’s smartest thinkers to answer the critical question “What does it really take to make your organization remarkable?”Thanks so much to all of you.
We are delighted to introduce the volunteer sponsors who are giving away prizes to the winners of Indibloggies 2004:
Ravishankar Shrivastava will give away books worth Rs.500/- each to the “Best Indic Blog (Hindi)” and the “Best new Indiblog”. Thanks Ravi!
Bradbury Software would award 5 licenses of FeedDemon 1.10 worth $29.95 each to the winners of the Best Humantities Blog, Best Sports Blog, Best Topical Blog, Best Photoblog and the Indiblog lifetime achiever. Thanks Nick 
Microsoft, India will award one copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Hindi for the Best Indic Blog (Hindi) category winner. Do visit Bhashaindia.com where they are trying to promote Indian language computing on the Microsoft platform. Thanks Deepak!
Blogjet will award one copy of its weblog client for Windows worth $19.95 to each winner of IndiBlog of the year, Indiblog with the best tagline and Best IndiPhotoBlog. Do visit their website. Thanks Dmitry!Thanks to all the sponsors from the bottom of our hearts Your gesture will surely add strength to the community.
Are you passionate about blogging? Do you love Indian blogs? Have you always thought about giving something back to the Indiblogger community? If yes, why not take a plunge in sponsoring awards for the 2004 Indibloggies? You may sponsor awards for one or more category and it can be anything (except cash awards)ranging from Pen to Painting to T-Shirts, Books, Gift Vouchers, Audio/Video CDs; it all depends on your budget and imagination.
And what you get by sponsoring a prize? Hmm.. obviously not a tax-exemption or better Q3 results, but may be, one or more of the following:
So if you wish to sponsor a prize for this year, do drop us an email at indibloggies at gmail dot com and we can discuss further on that.
Disclaimer: The onus of delivery of the prizes falls upon the prize sponsor him/herself. Indibloggies does not, in any way, take responsibility for delivering the prizes to winners, loss of prize during transit or latter non-delivery by the sponsor. Winners must communicate their complete postal address to the sponsor directly for claiming their prize(s). Sponsors are encouraged to send us thumbnail image(s) of the prize(s) that we may display on this website.
