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Indibloggies 2006 ~ Meet 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.

Would you like to be a part of the Indibloggies 2006 event?
Please write to us with your proposal.

• Indiblog of the Year

  
  A special ‘Indiblogger of the year’ scrapture trophy worth Rs 15000, specially designed by Arun Verma.^*

  Books worth Rs 1000 and “a custom-made India Uncut Cow” from Amit Varma, last year’s winner in this category.

  Blogjet, worth $39.95, from DiFolders Software. BlogJet is a weblog client for Windows with a rich WYSIWYG word processor that allows you to manage your blogs without opening a browser. Thanks Dmitry for extending your support for the third consecutive year.

  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″, reflecting a year of independent inquiry and reportage by the weekly newspaper, worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. Thanks Shivam! ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther, India’s foremost manufacturers of Sports, Fitness and Leisure Apparels & Accessories. Thanks Sakshi! ^*

  A 10 user cyn.in Business Edition pack for 3 years worth around $8064. cyn.in (pronounced sign-in) is a Bliki service that enables teams, companies or communities to create, manage, organize, store, version, search through, collaborate & discuss upon, share, publish and broadcast any kind of information or data, that too with a desktop software-style solution on your browser. cyn.in is available in two versions a free for life Professional Edition and a Business Edition. cyn.in is a Gold Sponsor at Indibloggies 2006, sponsoring prizes worth more than Rs 12 lacs.

• Best Humanities Indiblog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Entertainment Indiblog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Sports Indiblog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Science/Technology Indiblog

  
  A copy of Windows Vista Ultimate worth $ 399 from Microsoft. Windows Vista Ultimate is the most comprehensive edition of Windows Vista. It is the first operating system that combines all of the advanced infrastructure features of a business-focused operating system, all of the management and efficiency features of a mobility-focused operating system, and all of the digital entertainment features of a consumer-focused operating system. [Thanks a lot Deepak!]

  Blogjet, weblog client for Windows, worth $39.95 from DiFolders Software.

  Rs 2000 from Techgoss, India’s first goss website for the the IT and BPO industry. Thanks Dhananjay!

  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

  Whizlabs, provider of IT certification exam preparation and skill assessment tools, would offer 3 copies of their preparation kit, worth $150, $90 and $60 respectively, to the top 3 winners. 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.

  A 5 user cyn.in Business Edition pack for 3 years, the market price of each pack amounts to $4320.

• Best IndiBlog directory/service/clique/network

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Topical IndiBlog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Designed Indiblog

  
  Gift voucher worth Rs 3000 for any art or craft item by Creativegarh Art and Craft Gallery, New Delhi.

  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  Amazon gift certificate worth $25 from online magazine Tamiloviam. Tamiloviam brings out colorful, content-rich, erudite articles and social commentary for the Thamizh readers. Now more than 5 years old, it has initiated many expats to write in their language of choice.

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

  Amazon gift certificate worth $50 from Digital Bhoomi.

• Best Food IndiBlog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Most Humorous IndiBlog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best IndiPodcast

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  Rs 1500 from Techgoss, India’s first goss website for the the IT and BPO industry.

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

  A 5 user cyn.in Business Edition pack for 3 years, the market price of each pack amounts to $4320.

• Best Travel IndiBlog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best New IndiBlog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Photoblog

  
  A live professional half-day shoot project worth Rs 7500 by Creativegarh Design Studio. (Shoot in Delhi only. All traveling, lodging, boarding expenses (if any) will have to be paid by the winner.)

  Blogjet, weblog client for Windows, worth $39.95 from DiFolders Software.

  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

  A 5 user cyn.in Business Edition pack for 3 years, the market price of each pack amounts to $4320.

• Best Group/Community IndiBlog

  
  A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  Rs 1500 from Techgoss, India’s first goss website for the the IT and BPO industry.

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

  A 5 user cyn.in Business Edition pack for 3 years, the market price of each pack amounts to $4320.

• Best Indic blogger (Hindi)

  
  A premium 1 GB Linux Web hosting account with a dot com domain name, worth Rs 2800, from Go Hindi.

  Arvind Kumar’s Hindi thesaurus ‘Samantar Kosh‘, worth Rs 600 from the Bhojpuri portal Litti Chokha.^*

  Books worth Rs 500 to the first runner up and books worth Rs 300 to the second runner up from Anup Shukla.^*

  Amazon Gift Certificates worth Rs 600 and Rs 400 respectively to the winner and first runner up from Sameer Lal.^*

  A copy of Dewan-E-Sarai from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.^*

  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Indic blogger (Tamil)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  Books worth Rs 1000 from Mugamoodi, last year’s winner in this category.^*

  Amazon gift certificate worth $25 from online magazine Tamiloviam.

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

  Books worth Rs 500 from Senthazal Ravi.^*

• Best Indic blogger (Telugu)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  Books/CDs worth Rs 1500 from Thenegoodu.com, Telugu Blogs Portal.^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Indic blogger (Kannada)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  Books worth Rs 1000 from Arun, author of India Travel Blog.^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Indic blogger (Malayalam)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Indic blogger (Marathi)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Indic blogger (Bengali)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

• Best Indic blogger (Gujarati)

  
  A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka. ^*

  One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther. ^*

* Will be shipped to an Indian address only.

The full list of award categories is here.

October 21st, 2006 | Sponsors