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- ↑ "UNESCO International Fellowships/Awardsernment of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ↑ "Tanzania: Radio Tanzania Wins IPDC Award". AllAfrica. Panafrican News Agency (Dakar). 18 December 2000.
- ↑ "ICTs Go Rural". International Telecommunication Union. November 2006.
- ↑ "ALIN announced as co-winners of the UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication — AgriCultures Network". AgriCultures Network. May 20, 2014.