Technology can enable citizens to improve civic engagement for streamlining government services and civic issues. There is a rising need for CivicTech startups in India to solve for these issues.
Technology can enable citizens to improve civic engagement for streamlining government services and civic issues. There is a rising need for CivicTech startups in India to solve for these issues.
Chapter Summary The number of incubators in India grew 15 times between 2000 and 2020. Non-metro cities, which account for more than 60 per cent of ihcubators n ndie, are earng up to become future start-up capitals. The highestdensity ot incubators in the south and west of India and within academic institutionshighlghts the common assumptions… Continue reading The Past, Present and Future of Start-up Incubation in India
In an ecosystem that has been pushing for AI-backed technology and Big Data, there have been calls to humanize data. Humanizing data consists of collecting and highlighting stories that make it easier for tech builders to relate to issues/challenges faced by users. More recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in huge stress and losses for… Continue reading Interviewing the low income, Bharat customers
There is a need for technological solutions which can make ownership & renting / leasing easier for all stakeholders in the domains of land, housing and commercial RealEstate. Opportunity areas in Property Rights Tech optimise the scaling of land and property titles, and increase the security and transparency of land and property rights.
Technology can bring significant reforms in how land and property rights in India are assigned, recorded, maintained, transferred, etc. Such key economically relevant facts are not easily accessible and/or verifiable.
Legal tech startups enable access to and delivery of legal services. The solutions may be designed for any stakeholder of the legal services ecosystem.
Image by elenabsl on Shutterstock The global Covid-19 crisis was not only unprecedented but it also put immense pressure on the already existing vulnerabilities and inherent gaps within the Indian healthcare ecosystem. The pandemic posed a challenge as well as an opportunity for India’s healthtech startups. The country witnessed the rise of healthtech startups in number… Continue reading How Indian Healthtech Startups are Innovating amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
Technology can solve the massive inefficiencies in the legal service delivery system. It stands to improve citizens’ access to legal services as well as help otherstakeholders to deliver these services better, while reducing the immense burden on India’s judiciary.
The issues around civic engagement and governance, land and property rights along with access to and delivery of justice are extremely crucial for any country. While estimating the scale of these problems in a country like India is challenging to compute, available statistics and data support the argument that there is a need for creative… Continue reading Market Gaps in Governance, Land Rights & Access to Justice
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