Image by magic pictures on Shutterstock Effective governance, sound public administration and inclusive growth are crucial to citizen well being. In India, these aspirations, however, are still a long way from reaching their desired mark despite multiple large-scale and grassroot interventions by governments, nonprofits and corporations over several decades. Governments at all levels – national, state… Continue reading Why Startups need to solve for Governance, Land Rights and Access to Justice
The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the need to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in India and bring a major shift in the traditional healthcare delivery models. During these testing times, telemedicine emerged as the major driver in revolutionizing the delivery of healthcare and offering viable alternatives to traditional models. This report aims to accelerate… Continue reading Understanding Telemedicine in India: The future of HealthTech
Initiatives for financial inclusion and livelihoods have been designed primarily for the rural low-income households. Consider MGNREGA and NRLM as two such initiatives that stand out. Some of these initiatives have been now extended to cover the urban low-income households as well. However, urban households are not rural households located in cities. The economic, financial… Continue reading Financial Lives of Urban Poor Households
Photo by Evannovostro on Shutterstock Application of electric motors is probably more prevalent in our lives than we would have wondered. The motor ecosystem is the lifeline of any mechanical device. Every machine and device, right from a fan to HVACs to industrial turbines to vehicles use electric motors. With rising CO2 levels and growing environmental… Continue reading Switched-Reluctance Motors: Reimagining A Pillar Of Electrification
This chapter lays out the historical, spatial, activity and policy landscape of incubation in India. The authors examine the temporal or evolutionary pattern of incubation in India. The chapter aims to build understanding of incubation in India and identify the opportunities for incubation in future. This chapter was published as part of the book… Continue reading Indian business incubation ecosystem: A multilevel analysis
The 25 Bharat startups that we studied cater to a particular target segment – the low and middle-income group. The low and middle-income customer is a distinct segment and servicing these customers comes with challenges. We also have less knowledge about the needs and requirements of individual customers. In the past decade, as India’s… Continue reading Bharat Startups: The Price Sensitive Customer
We at CIIE.CO looked at 25 Bharat startups as part of our Bharat Inclusion Initiative program. We found specific ways in which startups were building adoption to their respective platforms. One of these is the increasing use of WhatsApp to connect and engage with customers/users. While large businesses in India have already tapped WhatsApp… Continue reading Bharat Startups: The Increasing Use of WhatsApp
We at CIIE.CO looked at 25 Bharat startups in 2020. Here, building tech in local languages appears to be a boosting factor in the adoption of the same. In India, about 10% of people are comfortable using English as a language, and startups in Fintech have also been able to service only 43% of… Continue reading Bharat Startups: The Importance of Building in Local Languages
The landscape study of Bharat startups studied 25 upcoming startups servicing low or middle-income customers in India. We spoke to a few founders and analysed their business and customer acquisition models. Thus, it appeared that these startups were solving problems by leveraging and building trust within the target segment. Trust is a dominating… Continue reading Bharat Startups: The Role of Trust
In India, the informal sector employs about 80% of the total population. These include people of the low and middle-income segments – employed as well as self-employed. In recent years, the segment Bharat – comprising the young, Indian customer characterized by the rapid adoption of mobile technology – has become very attractive to startups.… Continue reading Bharat Startups: An Introduction
Image by vectorjuice on FreePik When we started work on our fellowship, remote work was a niche concept. It has now become the norm in large organisations such as Stripe, Facebook and Airbnb. We used to think last-mile delivery personnel in the gig economy are not essential to the functioning of a society. However, with the… Continue reading Data Ownership and the Community Platform: Use Case
Image by Rinku Dua on ShutterStock A majority of the Indian Government’s recent efforts has laid emphasis on farmers’ well-being. In 2016, the government proposed the ambitious goal of doubling Indian farmers’ income by 2022. This requires engagement from multiple stakeholders — the government, the private sector and the civil society. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been playing… Continue reading Leveraging NGOs to Disseminate Meso-Level Insurance