Osama Manzar
Education
Manchester Business School
Chevening Scholar, Advance IT Program 2002-01-01 - 2003-01-01
International Visitors Leadership Program of US State Department
IVLP Fellow, Social Entrepreneurship 2011-01-01 - 2011-01-01
Social Impact Internationa [www.social-impact.org]
Professional Programme for Social Entrepreneurship 2007-08, Social Entrepreneurship 2007-01-01 - 2008-01-01
Aligarh Muslim University
Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism, Journalism 1989-01-01 - 1990-01-01Work Experience
Women in the Digital Economy Fund
Current
Women in the Digital Economy Fund
World Summit Award
Current
World Summit Award
mBillionth Award
Current
mBillionth Award
The Manthan Award for Best e-Content in India
Current
The Manthan Award for Best e-Content in India
Digital Empowerment Foundation
Current
Digital Empowerment Foundation
Community Radio, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India
2012-01-01 - 2017-04-01
Community Radio, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India
4CPlus
1999-08-01 - 2003-07-01
4CPlus
Inomy Media
1999-01-01 - 2003-01-01
Inomy Media
Hindustan Times - Interactive Media Division
1997-01-01 - 1999-01-01
Hindustan Times - Interactive Media Division
Computer World, Media TransAsia
1994-12-01 - 1997-01-01
Computer World, Media TransAsia
Skills
Summary
Osama Manzar is founder and director of Digital Empowerment Foundation and Senior Ashoka Fellow. Osama is a global leader on the mission of eradicating information poverty from India and global south using digital tools. He is a social entrepreneur, author, columnist, impact speaker, angel investor, mentor, and sits on several government and policy committees in India and on international organisations working in the areas of Internet, access, and digital inclusion. With over 30 years of experience, Osama has worked in the areas of journalism, new media, software enterprise and ended up creating Digital Empowerment Foundation that works in India and several other countries to digitally empower the masses with a footprint of 1500 plus locations and interventions in more than 10 countries including the countries in South Asia. Manzar is a British Chevening Scholar and is also International Visitors Leadership Program Fellow of US State Department. He has coauthored more than 5 books including Internet Economy of India. His recent book was released during COVID19 pandemic called “The New Normal: How to Survice the New World Order”. Osama has instituted 10 awards for recognising digital innovations for development in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. He is a member of advisory committee for Digital Services at National E-Gov Division (NEGD) at the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Osama has served several Boards and Advisory Councils like: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI); World Summit Award (WSA), Down to Earth Magazine, Barefoot College Tilonia; Ibtada; Society for Labour & Development, Protsahan Sanstha; Multivarsity Alliance; and ProtoVillage. Osama has travelled more than 10,000 villages across 40 countries and pretty much specialise in advising digital models for underserved communities. Osama Manzar writes a regular weekly column in Mint – can be accessed at http://livemint.com. He can be reached through: e: osama@defindia.net t: @osamamanzar fb/osama.manzar https://www.linkedin.com/in/osamamanzar w: defindia.org
